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Dani Alves

could enjoy watching the end of the football season at home.

This Monday his lawyers plan to present the appeal against his provisional detention in the Investigating Court number 15 of Barcelona after

the extension of the period granted a few days ago expires

for the lawyers to examine all the material of the case, such as the police reports , the medical reports of the victim or the images of the discotheque in which the player allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in the early hours of December 30.

The appeal is filed in court but secondarily another reform to the Court of Barcelona since most likely it is this court that must decide whether to keep the prison for Alves or order his release.

The player's lawyers are optimistic and trust that he can leave

within a month,

taking into account the time that the court has to receive the appeal, request allegations from the Prosecutor's Office and the private prosecution, which represents the victim, and make a decision. .

As it is a case with a prisoner, the magistrates must have their resolution ready in a few weeks despite the delay in procedures that exist in the Barcelona Court due to the accumulation of activity and the lack of means.

Departure from the courts of the playerGorka LeizaAraba

After examining the case, the player's defense lawyers, from Cristóbal Martell's office, are optimistic that the appeal will be accepted.

They believe that there is some evidence that supports Alves' version that the relationships were consensual or that they largely question the victim's story.

One of them, according to judicial sources, is the very distribution of the VIP room, known as 'La Suite', in which the events occurred.

It is one of the most expensive, most private, since it has

direct access through the parking lot

, and it has a large window from which you can see the track.

It is accessed through a clandestine door near where the dj is and going up some stairs, since it is like a duplex.

It is

one of the Brazilian's favorites in this club,

various sources explain.

While the VIP room is up the stairs, the small bathroom in which the events were allegedly committed is downstairs near the exit.

According to the victim's statement, he followed Alves when he told him to come with him, although he was unaware that they were going to enter the bathroom.

There, he allegedly closed the door and sexually assaulted her after hitting her in the face of her resistance.

The Mossos d'Esquadra found several biological remains, such as semen, or fingerprints,

which would indicate that this relationship took place

.

Finishing first, the player left, who had to go up the stairs again, and then she followed him.

The player's version is that the two of them voluntarily went to this bathroom to have consensual sex and that he initially denied it, up to three times his statement, to protect the victim and for fear of confessing his infidelity to his partner, the model Joana Sanz, as has happened after knowing the confession of the Brazilian.

About 15 minutes later, footage from the VIP room shows Alves going to the bar for a drink when he comes back as she talks to her escorts before leaving.

A few minutes later,

she would verbalize the alleged violation

and the disco would implement the protocol for these cases.

Precisely, the security cameras are other elements that the Brazilian's defense wants to explore within their strategy since after examining them they consider that at no time was there a bad atmosphere or rejection towards the player, as the victim and her friends declared, at the

moments prior to the alleged attack

and that they were dancing and drinking.

They will also point out that the player did not immediately leave the club after leaving the bathroom and that he ran into the victim again, although in another room.

full collaboration

Alves is aware that his version changes in his judicial statement have harmed him to such an extent that he is in pretrial detention and for this reason he asked that only his lawyers and very specific people close to him can visit him to better prepare his defense, as he announced. this medium.

Thus, his defense will be based on his full collaboration with the justice system to clarify the case and that he will never leave the country since he wants to recover his public image damaged by the rape accusations.

That is why he is isolated from foreign news and has asked that his closest relatives, like his mother, not visit him at Brians 2 as he does not want them to be exposed to media pressure.

To guarantee that there is no risk of flight, he will request several measures in the appeal, such as prohibiting him from leaving the country, handing over his passport,

paying a high bail

or appearing periodically in court.

In addition, he is willing to wear a telematics bracelet, as indicated a few days ago by the law firm that represents the Brazilian.

The Brazilian will remember that he has established his residence in Barcelona for more than a decade since the headquarters of some of his companies are located here.

He will also argue in his allegations his total availability to collaborate with the investigation as he has been showing up to now when he went to an appointment with the Mossos in Barcelona flying from Mexico, since he played for a club there, and passing through Tenerife since he attended at her mother-in-law's funeral.

She will insist that he did it

knowing that he was accused of sexual assault,

although he was unaware of the extensive evidence against him and of his first version that he did not know the victim.

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Precisely the forcefulness of the magistrate's prison order, focused on this evidence and on the "inconsistency" of Alves' statement, makes the Brazilian's lawyers hope that the Barcelona Court will consider their request to leave the prison .

If he manages to get out of prison, the player will ask to testify before the judge to make clear his version of

what happened in the disco

and that at no time did he sexually assault the woman.

While the appeal to get out of provisional prison is being processed, the player adapts to life in prison, in which he is very reserved and calm, although he participates in activities in his unit together with other inmates, such as playing soccer or doing assigned cleaning tasks.

His presence has caused expectation among staff and inmates, mainly from the nearby modules, as well as

some complaints about the facilities

for receiving visits or calling, in what is called 'communicating' in prison slang.

The center wants to recover normality with some measures that make the Brazilian go more unnoticed, such as maintaining the privacy of his module with panels.


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