Former soccer player Dani Alves has appeared for the second time in the Barcelona Court following being released provisionally on March 25 following paying a bail of one million euros, while the appeals regarding his sentence to four and a half years in prison for rape.
The footballer arrived at the Barcelona Palace of Justice following twelve o’clock accompanied by his lawyer, Inés Guardiola, to appear before the secretariat of section 21 of the Barcelona Court, where he stayed for around ten minutes, until he left. building.
The Brazilian has been sentenced in the first instance to four years and six months in prison for raping a young woman in the toilets of the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona on December 30, 2022, and has been in prison for a total of 14 months.
Section 21 of the Barcelona Court, the chamber that tried and convicted him, allowed Alves to leave prison when he posted a bail of one million euros, with the dissenting vote of one of the three magistrates, while the issues are resolved. appeals once morest the sentence that convicted him of rape.
Finally, Dani Alves left the Brians 2 prison, in Sant Esteve Sesrovires (Barcelona), on March 25, following having been able to deposit the million euros imposed by the Barcelona Court that same day in the morning.
The court imposed as precautionary measures the withdrawal of his two passports – Brazilian and Spanish -, the prohibition of leaving the country and the obligation to appear every Friday before the section 21 secretariat, or the last previous working day in the event that be festive.
Alves appeared for the first time before the Provincial Court on Thursday morning of last week, since the following day – Good Friday – was a holiday, although on that occasion he arrived at the courts at an earlier time, around 9:20 a.m. , also together with his lawyer.
The Brazilian arrived this Friday, as on the previous occasion, in a car driven by a friend, who parked on one side of the Palace of Justice, from where the athlete traveled, accompanied by Guardiola, the few meters to the entrance. major.
The former FC Barcelona footballer, dressed on this occasion with a cap, tracksuit pants and a black half-season jacket, a white t-shirt and sunglasses, has once once more shown a calm attitude, without paying attention to the press that was waiting for his arrival.
Despite being asked by journalists on the way out, the former footballer refused to answer any questions and, only Guardiola, following being questioned regarding whether he was still defending the innocence of his client, stated, before closing the car door, with a resounding: “Yes, of course.”
The Mossos d’Esquadra, as they did in the previous appearance last week, have set up a device with fences and several agents in front of the entrance to the Palace of Justice for security reasons, which the Catalan police have begun to remove when the Brazilian has left the place.
For its part, the Barcelona Provincial Prosecutor’s Office presented an appeal once morest the decision to release Alves on bail – something that the victim’s lawyer also announced would do -, considering that the current risk of escape is “even major” now in the face of the existence of a conviction.
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2024-04-09 07:10:57
