Cristina Rubio Barcelona
Barcelona
Updated Thursday, February 1, 2024-11:56
The trial of Dani Alves, accused of raping a girl in the bathrooms of a well-known nightclub in the center of the Catalan capital, will not be behind closed doors. The sessions will be public except for the victim's statement, which will be made behind closed doors to preserve his anonymity.
A measure that the Barcelona Court agreed to this Thursday on the eve of one of the most high-profile trials of the year.
In an order, section 21 of the Court has rejected the request of the Prosecutor's Office, the private accusation exercised by the victim and Alves's defense that the trial be held behind closed doors, although it guarantees measures to protect the identity of the victim as much as possible. the complainant and her visual confrontation with the accused.
In this way, the media will be able to follow the trial by internal signal, without broadcasting images or sound from the courtroom, and the victim will testify protected from Alves's vision by a screen, with the image pixelated and the voice distorted.