Ex-Barcelona right-back Dani Alves has been handed a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence following his rape trial in Spain.
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The former Brazil international has been found guilty of sexual assault and will serve just short of five years behind bars, a court announced on Thursday.
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Alves, 40, was arrested in January 2023 and has been kept in custody after he was accused of rape by a woman in December of 2022.
While he maintained his innocence throughout the trial, he has been told he will be spending time in prison for his actions by Catalonia's top court.
The accuser alleged the former Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus fullback assaulted her in a nightclub in Barcelona. At the time, he was still on the books of UNAM Pumas in Mexico, who later terminated his contract.
Alves has also been ordered to pay €150 000 (R3 million) to the victim, as per Sky Sports.
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The decorated footballer, who captained Brazil on multiple occasions, was denied bail multiple times after he was deemed to be a flight risk.
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