Dani Alves’ first interview from prison: “I want you to know my story”

After the Catalan justice has rejected all the appeals that it has presented so far to obtain provisional freedom, Dani Alves He has given his first interview since jail. Since last January 20, he has been detained, accused of raping a young woman at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona at dawn from December 30 to 31.

The 40-year-old Brazilian soccer player has granted the interview to the reporter of the Ana Rosa’s program Mayka Navarro: “I want you to know the story based on what I experienced that morning and in that bathroom,” says the player.

“Until now, a ‘scary’ story of fear and terror has been explained, which has nothing to do with what happened or what I did,” he says. Alves, after the contradictory statements he has offered to the authorities, continues to maintain his innocence: “I went in behind her. I didn’t even lock the door. The door was open at all times, it could have left because I remained seated practically the entire while on the toilet seat”.

On the other hand, the former Barça side maintains that he only has to apologize to one person, Joana Sanzwith whom he has not yet signed the divorce after separating last March: “The only person I have to apologize to is my wife, Joana Sanz.”

Denies the version of the alleged victim

In this sense, he charges against the alleged victim: “It occurs to me that there is someone who gave him bad advice (…) who felt bad after doing it, who took a step forward and who has not been able to get out of the mess he was in.” he has gotten himself into and what he has gotten me into”.

In this sense, he adds: “I appeal to his conscience. There has not been a single night that I have not slept peacefully. Not a single night. I have a clear conscience.” The athlete once maintained her innocence: “I have never voluntarily hurt anyone. And neither did she that night. I don’t know if she has a clear conscience, if she sleeps well at night. But I forgive her.”

Despite the evidence against her, she maintains that the relationships were consensual: “None of all this is true, she never told me to stop or made any gesture of wanting to leave.” On this, she also explains: “I don’t know when she touched that, but none of those movements that she has told that I forced her to do in the bathroom are true (…) The scratch is from remaining on her knees while performing fellatio”.

In this sense, she says: “There is not a single mark on her body that explains the violence with which she says that I moved her in the bathroom (…) No, also when they approached our VIP table I I had already been drinking water for a while.”

The trial against Dani Alves

Dani Alves is about to serve five months in the Brians 2 prison, accused of an alleged sexual assault on a girl at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona on the night of December 30 to 31, 2022. His last attempt to get the Provisional prison was denied by the Barcelona court on June 12.

The former Sevilla footballer will have to wait behind bars until trial day, which already has a date. According to The newspaperis expected to take place in autumn, specifically, for the months of October or November of this year.

Unless the lawyer in charge of the defense of the still husband of Joana Sanz, Christopher Martellor the lawyer who looks after the interests of the young complainant, esther garciarequest some more evidence at this time, all the cards are already cast for Alves and the sentence, whatever it may be, will undoubtedly set a precedent.