ALBAWABA - A Spanish court has found football player Dani Alves guilty of sexual assault, BBC reported on Thursday.
The star, who is a former Barcelona player, was found guilty of nightclub sexual assault and was sentenced to four years and six months in jail.
Alves, 40, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the early hours of Dec. 31, 2022. However, the player denied the accusations.
The BBC further noted that the footballer's lawyer had asked for him to be acquitted and that he is able to appeal against the sentence made by the Spanish court.
The Barcelona Court after reviewing the case sentenced Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison for the sexual assault of a 23-year-old girl in the toilets of a booth at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona.
Nonetheless, the football star is asked to pay 150,000 euros to the victim by the court after she accused him of raping her on 2022 New Year's Eve.
Moreover, Dani Alves told the Spanish TV channel Antena 3 in 2023: "I was dancing and having a good time without invading anyone's space."
He maintained: "I don't know who this lady is... How could I do that to a woman? No."
