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Former Barcelona star Dani Alves has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after being found guilty of raping a woman at a Spanish nightclub. The 40-year-old was convicted at a court in Barcelona after a trial earlier this month.
Alves had been accused of raping a 23-year-old woman in a toilet at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona on December 30, 2022. He admitted to having sex with the woman but insisted it was consensual. However, the victim testified that Alves had forced himself on her.
The court sentenced Alves to four and a half years in prison and ordered him to stay away from his victim for nine and a half years. He was also ordered to pay his victim 150,000 euros in compensation and cover the costs of the trial.
Alves, who became the oldest player to represent Brazil at the World Cup in December 2022, was sacked by Mexican side UNAM Pumas following his arrest in January last year. He had been held on remand at Brians 2 Prison near Barcelona since his arrest.
Alves has played for clubs including Seville, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, and Sao Paulo, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest full-backs of all time.
