The footballer’s lawyer, Cristbal Martell, argues that there is no flight risk and that his client is innocent. Alves has been in prison for ten days accused of a crime of sexual assault. The Brazilian soccer player assures that he has roots in the Catalan capital, where he has a home and businesses, and that he has always collaborated with the investigation.
30 ene 2023 . Updated at 9:59 p.m.
The lawyer of DaniAlvesCristbal Martell, has filed an appeal this Monday before the court of instruction number 15 of Barcelona, in which has demanded the release of the footballer. The Barcelona lawyer has appealed the provisional prison order decreed by the judge on January 20. He has argued that there is no risk of flight and that your client is innocentWell, according to his version, the relationships in the discotheque were consented. Alves has been in Brians jail for ten days, in the province of Barcelona. He is accused of sexual assault on a 23-year-old girl in a Barcelona nightclub on December 30.
The appeal of the former Bara and Sevilla player is based on the fact that there are alternative measures to provisional prison and that there is no risk of flight. The Brazilian soccer player assures that he has roots in the Catalan capital, where he has his domicile and business. In addition, points out that he has always collaborated with research, because he returned to Spain, coming from Mexico, where he played for Pumas, voluntarily. After declaring before the Mossos, he was arrested and brought to justice.
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The footballer’s defense also points out as proof that there is no flight risk that undertakes to wear a telematics bracelet, to always be reachable, who is willing to testify before the judge on a daily basis, that he will deliver his passport and pay a million-dollar bail as proof of the footballer’s willingness to cover any financial responsibility that would be determined after the trial. The judge justified her order to imprison him because of the high risk of flight of the soccer player and also because of the high penalty that a conviction of sexual assault entails. Her lawyer is now trying to prove in court that there is no will to flee Barcelona.
On January 24, Alves hired the lawyer Cristbal Martell, a lawyer who in the past defended Messi or the Pujol family, and who is an expert in out-of-court agreements. His first objective is to try to free the footballer, so that he can face the investigation of the case outside of prison. Alves is accused of having assaulted and raped a young woman at the Sutton nightclub in the Catalan capital. To date, he has given up to three different versions of the events that occurred on December 30.. First, he said that he did not know her victim, then that he ran into her in the local bathrooms, and finally that there were relations, but consensual. The Brazilian has alleged that he did not admit the relationship at first to try to hide an infidelity to his wife. The victim, on the other hand, has maintained the same version since the beginning of the case. He assured that he followed the soccer player without knowing that they were going to the bathroom. And that once inside her, he slapped her and raped her.
After the Alves appeal, the parties will have five days to present allegations. Both the Prosecutor’s Office and the defense of the victim will give their opinion on whether the footballer can get out of jail with charges. It will be the Court of Barcelona that will make a decision.
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