BARCELONA: Brazilian former footballer Dani Alves maintained that he had consensual intercourse and didn’t act violently in his encounter with a girl in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022 as he gave his testimony on Wednesday (Feb 7) in a trial on fees of sexual assault.
Talking calmly, however ending with tears in his eyes, the 40-year-old former Barcelona defender stated the complainant had touched his genitals whereas dancing and willingly accompanied him to a restroom, the place she carried out oral intercourse on him they usually had a sexual activity.
Requested if he compelled her to have intercourse and acted violently or didn’t permit her to depart the room, Alves stated: “By no means. I’m not that kind of man. I’m not a violent man.”
Alves’ remarks late on Wednesday wrapped up three days of testimonies within the trial, which now strikes to the deliberation section by a panel of three judges.
The general public prosecutor has accused Alves of forcing the girl to have intercourse with out her consent and with out utilizing a condom. The 23-year-old girl testified behind a display screen together with her voice distorted to guard her identification.
The prosecutor is in search of a nine-year jail time period and for Alves to pay damages price 150,000 euros ($163,215) to his alleged sufferer. The complainant seeks a 12-year jail sentence.
Alves was arrested in January final 12 months and has since been held on remand.
He initially denied any sexual encounter with the girl whom he stated he didn’t know. He later stated he had consensual intercourse together with her within the restroom of a nightclub, including that he had denied it initially to guard his marriage.
The case has attracted vital consideration not solely due to Alves’ profile however as a result of sexual assault is a dominant political theme in Spain.
Two of the alleged sufferer’s mates instructed the court docket on Monday that Alves groped them that evening earlier than allegedly sexually assaulting their good friend.
