The former Barça and PSG player, about to be tried for sexual assault in Spain, saw his third request for provisional release rejected.
Daniel Alves will remain in prison. The former FC Barcelona and PSG player, awaiting his trial for rape in Spain, saw his third request for provisional release be refused. The investigating judge considers that the risk of flight is too high.
Incarcerated near Barcelona since January 20, the 40-year-old Brazilian is accused by a young woman of having raped her at the end of December in the toilets of a nightclub in the Catalan city. The Spanish prosecutor’s office requested nine years in prison against the footballer.
Charged with “sexual assault», criminal category including rape in Spain, he must be tried in this case on a date which has not yet been fixed.
