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The Brazilian’s defense failed to raise the money in time and the footballer must remain at least one more night in the Brians 2 penitentiary center.
21 mar 2024 . Updated at 3:19 p.m.
The former Brazilian player Dani Alves will sleep another night in prison for not having deposited this Thursday the million euros that the Barcelona Court has imposed on him as bail to be released provisionally, while the appeals against the sentence condemning him for rape are resolved.
According to legal sources, The footballer’s defense continues trying to raise the sum for bail among his entourage, without being able to make it effective throughout this morning in the court’s deposit account, which has a deadline of 2:00 p.m.
Alves has remained in prison in Brians 2 prison for 14 months, specifically on January 20, 2023, after being accused of raping a young woman at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelonasexual assault for which he has been sentenced in the first instance to four and a half years in prison, although the appeals that all parties have filed against this sentence still have to be resolved.
Section 21 of the Barcelona Court agreed this Wednesday, with the dissenting vote of one of the three magistrates, allow Alves to leave prison when he would pay a bail of one million eurosas well as the obligation to hand over his two passports – Spanish and Brazilian -, not leave Spain and appear weekly in court.
The Court also agreed to prohibit the footballer approach less than a thousand meters from the victim’s homeher place of work and any other place she may frequent, as well as communicate with her by any means.
After receiving the Court’s resolution, the Brazilian international’s defense is trying to raise the million euros that the court demands of him, since he will not be able to leave prison until he deposits it in the court’s account and a new order is issued that agree to his provisional release.
In its resolution, The Court pointed out that Alves, despite the fact that his sources of income have disappeared as a result of the rape, has a situation of comfortable financial solvency.after years of playing as an elite soccer player, and is also awaiting receipt of a large sum of money for a procedure that has won the Treasury.
The defense has to gather and deposit the million euros in the court during the authorized hours, between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and, once it is proven that the bail has been physically recorded, the court will decree his provisional release, a procedure that is no longer possible today. can be carried out.
Alves’ victim appeared very indignant, very desperate and very frustrated this Wednesday. due to the decision of the Court to agree to his release on bail until the appeals against his conviction are resolved, so his defense will appeal this resolution, according to his lawyer, Ester García.
The Court justified its decision by considering that, After the sentence of four and a half years in prison imposed on the accused, the risk of escape linked to the severity of the sentence has been reduced. and, although he admitted that a certain danger persists, this can be counteracted with other measures, such as the bail imposed and the prohibition on leaving Spain.
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2024-03-21 14:19:00
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