Dani Alves (40 years old) testified in the Court of Appeal of Barcelona. The former Barcelona Brazilian star, who has been behind bars since January 20, 2023, is on trial for rape, with 270 journalists accredited and 28 witnesses heard at the trial, which began today. The accused faces up to 12 years in prison!

Judgment day has come for Dani Alves. Thirteen months after the date of his remand, the former Brazil international appeared before the judges of the Court of Appeal in Barcelona. In this trial, in which the ex-Barcelona defender is defended by lawyer Ines Guardiola and the prosecution is represented by Esther Garcia, 270 accredited journalists are assisting and 28 witnesses will testify in the case in which Dani Alves is accused of rape. .

And he faces from 9 years in prison, as requested by the prosecutor’s office, to 12 years, according to the victim’s lawyers, plus a decade of probation and 150,000 euros in moral damages. And this despite the fact that the accused did not admit his guilt and changed his testimony five times.

The period spent behind bars has aged Dani Alves, who seems to have lost weight and been affected by the situation in which he found himself, AS magazine writes. Who notices the concentrated look of the Brazilian, whose lawyer requested the release of the client, then the suspension of the process due to pressure on the prosecutors from the media. Both were rejected by the judge.

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