Dani Alves has been denied bail and will continue to be in prison though he is investigated for an alleged sexual assault.
A Spanish court turned down a ask for from the Brazilian footballer to be launched on remand as the probe proceeds in excess of the alleged assault in a Barcelona nightclub.
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Alves has normally denied any wrongdoing soon after the girl in query submitted a grievance last month.
Alves’ law firm experienced asked for him to be produced on bail offering he surrendered his passport and wore an digital tag.
But the ask for was turned down and the court purchased the previous Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain defender to stay at the Brians 2 prison around Barcelona.
The court docket dominated that Alves was a flight danger and must continue being in jail in the course of the investigation.
The courtroom mentioned: “There is a higher hazard of fleeing as the serious punishment he faces in the present scenario, the sturdy evidence of wrongdoing and his economic might would make it probable for him to leave Spain at any time.”
Alves was detained in January following accusations from the girl arrived to light-weight about an incident at a nightclub on December 30, to which Alves claimed sex with the accuser was consensual.
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The star’s defence workforce explained: “Daniel Alves stays as harmless as he was ahead of this ruling. His want to leave Spain and elude the procedure did not, and does not, exist.”
In Spain, a declare of rape is investigated below the accusation of sexual assault, carrying a jail term of four to 15 several years.
Conviction can also direct to monetary payment to be compensated to the target to address actual physical, physiological and ethical harm.
