As reported by legal sources, in accordance with the criteria of the Prosecutor’s Office and the private prosecution brought by the complainant, the head of the Barcelona investigative court number 15 has decreed unconditional imprisonment for the footballer, considering that he presents a high risk of flight. , given their economic capacities and that they reside outside of Spain.
Alves was arrested this Friday morning in Barcelona by the Mossos d’Esquadra, who, following taking a statement from him at the police station, took him to court, following he traveled to Spain from Mexico, where he currently resides because he plays for the Pumas.
The footballer was being investigated as a result of the complaint filed once morest him by a woman who maintains that Alves raped her vaginally, using force, in a private bathroom located in a private room at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona, on the that both coincided on the night of December 30 to 31.
Before the judge, who took a statement from him this Friday morning, the soccer player has denied the sexual assault he is accused of, but the instructor considers that his account incurs contradictions with the result of the investigation carried out by the Mossos d ‘Esquadra and the evidence collected at the scene.
In fact, since the victim filed a complaint on January 2, the Catalan police have questioned several witnesses, including local security personnel, have viewed the images from the nightclub’s security cameras and have collected samples in The place of the facts.
All these proceedings, together with the forensic examination that was carried out on the complainant when she was treated at the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, lead the judge to the conclusion that there is sufficient evidence that Alves committed the sexual assault.
And, for this, the instructor has also taken into account the “forceful” and “persistent” statement of the victim, who this Friday morning also gave a statement before the judge and it has been ratified in the complaint that he filed at the police station, at all ends.
For all these reasons, the judge has agreed provisional detention for the detainee, appreciating that he presents a risk of flight and of avoiding legal action, taking into account his economic capacity, that he resides abroad and that he has dual nationality, Brazilian and Spanish. .
In this sense, the magistrate reasons that Brazil does not have extradition agreements with Spain, which increases the risk that the athlete will try to flee from Spanish justice and take refuge in his country of origin.
After waiting for the judicial resolution in the dungeons of the City of Justice, the former Barcelona player entered the Brians 1 prison in Sant Esteve Sesrovires (Barcelona) this Friday followingnoon.
