A Barcelona-based court has confirmed that Dani Alves will face trial over allegedly assaulting a woman in a night club last year.
The Spanish court noted that “there was enough evidence to open the trial” considering the statements given to court and the evidence presented during the investigation.
Alves has been in pre-trial jail since January when he was arrested for allegedly assaulting the woman at a nightclub in Barcelona on December 30.
While he was indicted by an investigative judge in August, the latest pronouncement of the Spanish has now further established the allegations against the Brazilian.
In an order, Section 21 of Barcelona’s high court confirmed Alves’ prosecution, concluding that the victim’s and witnesses’ statements as well as expert corroboration provide enough evidence to try him for sexual assault.
Alves has since been held in custody without bail in a jail in Barcelona and his request to be freed has been rejected by the court because he is considered a flight risk.
At the earliest time of the issue,Alves denied in a television interview that he knew the woman involved. He later said that sex with the accuser was consensual.
Earlier, His contract with Pumas UNAM in Liga MX the club he joined after leaving Barcelona in June 2022, was terminated on Jan. 20
