Dani Alves arrested over sexual assault suspicion
Dani Alves has been arrested over sexual assault suspicion. The Brazil defender was taken into custody in Spain on Friday over accusations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December.
The Catalan police stated that they got complaint from a woman who reported that Alves touched her inappropriately.
The woman first filed a police report against Alves on January 2, alleging that he touched her inappropriately under her clothes without consent at Sutton, a nightclub in Barcelona, during a night out on December, 30.
Also, the report has it that the 39-year-old player was accused of putting his hands into the woman’s pants.
Though Dani Alves confirmed his presence at the nightclub, he denied engaging himself in such an act, telling private Spanish television Antena 3 earlier this month that he has “never seen” the woman before.
“I was there, at that place, with more people having fun. Everybody knows I love to dance. Having a good time but without invading the space of others,” the International player added.
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Alves, who now plays for Mexican side Pumas UNAM, was in Barcelona on holiday following his participation in the World Cup with Brazil in Qatar.
He was a former Barcelona and Juventus player.
Furthermore, a Barcelona court said earlier this month it had opened a probe “into an alleged crime of sexual assault as a result of a complaint filed by a woman against a footballer”.
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