The trial of Dani Alves, seen for sentencing: he pleads innocent but the sentence will not be less than 4 years

The trial of Dani Alves was seen for sentencing at the last hour of this Wednesday: the penalty will range between 4 and 12 years in prison. The former Barcelona player, who He cried during the hearing, pleaded not guilty; He admits that there was penetration after the victim performed fellatio on him, but he assures that they were consensual relations. The other parties maintain their accusations. After the statement of the footballer, who only answered the questions from his defense, the conclusions of the prosecutor, the private prosecution and finally the Brazilian's defense closed.

Elisabeth Jiménez, the prosecutor in the case, considers that the complainant's statement “is absolutely credible.” The representative of the public ministry recalled that the alleged victim “has maintained the same version at all times” and highlighted the difficulty for her in appearing because “the story has been harsh.”

Regarding consent to the sexual act, which Alves calls consensual, the prosecutor explained that “the fact that a woman accepts a drink or going to a booth does not imply, obviously, that there was sexual desire nor consent,” she said. “To be consented, the accused was in a great hurry to leave the place,” she said with a sense of irony when reviewing the documentary evidence. The prosecutor pointed out the inconsistency of the defendant's story, due to the “striking change of versions.” Nor does the prosecutor 'buy' that the accused was drunk, as has been tried to be demonstrated these days, with statements such as that of Joanna Sanz, who maintained that Alves returned home very drunk the night of the listis. The prosecutor agreed that it is impossible to prove the amount of alcohol that the footballer consumed: “The facts are not worthy of a minimum sentence,” she concluded.

“I don't care if my client beat him up”: She said no.

The Prosecutor's Office requested 9 years in prison before the trial. The conclusions of the private prosecution also began by highlighting the tremendous sacrifice that undertaking the story has meant for the complainant. Esther García, the prosecution's lawyer, recalled that it has been “very difficult for her client to get to this trial” and has pointed out that “she has had a spontaneous, but constant story.” García, “unfortunately denounced.” About the assumption consent, The lawyer for the private prosecution was forceful: “I don't care that my client 'twerked' him, as the defendant explained. At the moment she entered the bathroom, she said 'no'. Therefore, the defendant knew that I didn't want,” said the lawyer.

On the contrary, Dani Alves' defense indicated that he saw “incoherence” in the complainant's story. “He does not hold up and has been left void of all plausibility,” said the footballer's lawyer, who closed the conclusions section. Inés Guardiola requested acquittal for her client. But she insisted that, if it was not granted, three mitigating circumstances would be applied: alcohol poisoning, by damage repair and considering that the fundamental right of the accused was violated.