The BBC has reported that a court in Spain has recently found Dani Alves, a former Barcelona and Brazil footballer, guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub.
As a result, he has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.
Despite the accusations, the 40-year-old defendant had denied sexually assaulting the woman on the early morning of December 31, 2022.
His In an attempt to secure his acquittal, Alves’ lawyer had requested for his release, but he still has the option to appeal against the sentence.
