Dani Alves, to a test of the trial for rape: his lawyer asks for a paid coroner and a recording of the victim

The case of the Brazilian soccer player, accused of an alleged rape at the Sutton nightclub (Barcelona) on December 30, is advancing by leaps and bounds. There is only one test left for the investigation process to be closed and the date for the trial to be set (predictably in the summer): the psychological examination of the victim.

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It’s the last chance for Dani Alves to gain credibility, so his defense has hardened the strategy and has asked the judge in charge of the case that the coroner of the court who will carry out the interview with the complainant be accompanied by one hired and paid by them. This is a very unusual measure but the magistrate has agreed.

But that is not all. Cristóbal Martell, Alves’ lawyer, has also requested that the entire procedure be recorded. On this occasion, however, his request has been denied and the lawyer has appealed. According to experts, both measures are aimed at undermining the credibility of the victim and trying to prove that her psychological state is not compatible with that of a victim of sexual abuse, a strategy that Agustín Martínez Becerra already carried out in the case of La Manada de the Sanfermines (2016). “He has no choice given the overwhelming amount of evidence and indications that the court has against Alves,” they said in Four a day.