The appeal will be filed on Monday (7.abr), to the Supreme Court of Spain; Former player was acquitted on Friday (28.mar)
The lawyer of the woman who accuses player Daniel Alves of rape told the Spanish state agency EFE which will file an appeal against the former player of the accusation of sexual assault. The request will be filed on Monday (7.br.2025), last day of the legal deadline.
Esther García, who represents the author of the case, will contest the understanding of the (Catalonia Superior Court of Justice), which removed the conviction for the former athlete’s sexual assault. The appeal will be sent to the Supreme Court of Spain, the highest court of the country.
Spanish Justice acquits Daniel Alves
The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia unanimously revoked the sentence that sentenced Daniel Alves a. The former Brazilian player was accused of rape against a 23-year-old at the Barcelona Disco Sutton on December 31, 2022.
The judgment released on Friday (28.mar.2025), which Poder360 had access, considered that the text presented by the prosecution has “Evaluative disabilities that prevent the sharing of the first instance court assessment and the conclusion to which it arrives”. This is the resolution in Spanish (PDF – 688kb).
The sentence indicated a lack of reliability in the complainant’s testimony and specifies that, in view of the “Probative insufficiencies”agrees with the revocation of the text, a resolution of acquittal and annulment of the precautionary measures adopted. The decision also pointed out that the “Proof performed cannot be concluded that the standards required by the presumption of innocence have been exceeded” And remember that condemnations require a “Reinforced motivation canon”.
PRISON
In January 2023, the player was arrested and spent more than a year detained while waiting for trial, then achieved provisional release after paying bail of € 1 million, when the Catalan court up with a defense of Alves. Since the beginning of the case the victim’s defense has asked for 12 years in prison without bail to the player.
Members of the Spanish Justice Appeals Section agreed with the decision of the court of first instance, which concluded that the conduct of the complainant, registered in recording, is divergent from his declaration and could not have any effect based on the existence or absence of later consent.
“As the judgment of the Court of First Instance indicates, and this Court has repeatedly the referendum, the individual sexual freedom of adults, as an integral part of the personality, translates into the free faculty of practicing sexual acts, freely choosing how, when and with whom, so that sexual freedom and inseparable individuals are for each of the acts of this nature, not being admired or the consent deferred ”said the judgment.
