Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves was discovered responsible of sexually assaulting a younger girl in a Barcelona nightclub, a Spanish courtroom dominated on Thursday.
The three-judge panel sentenced Alves to 4 years, six months.
Alves, aged 40, denied any wrongdoing throughout a trial that happened over three days this month.
The choice will be appealed.
The courtroom discovered Alves sexually assaulted his sufferer early within the morning of Dec. 31, 2022, when she mentioned he raped her in a rest room of an upscale Barcelona nightclub.
State prosecutors had sought a nine-year jail sentence for Alves whereas the attorneys representing his accuser wished 12 years. His protection requested for his acquittal, or if discovered responsible a one-year sentence plus 50,000 euros ($54,000) compensation for the sufferer.
Alves has been in jail since being detained on Jan. 20, 2023. His requests for bail had been denied as a result of the courtroom thought-about him a flight danger. Brazil doesn’t extradite its personal residents when they’re sentenced in different international locations.
