The Prosecutor's Office appeals the sentence against Dani Alves to increase his sentence for rape

Cristina Rubio Barcelona

Barcelona

Updated Friday, March 1, 2024-17:17

The Prosecutor's Office will appeal the sentence that sentenced footballer Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison for raping a 23-year-old girl in the bathrooms of the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona on the night of December 30, 2022.

Specifically, the Public Prosecutor's Office will ask the court to withdraw the mitigating mitigation of reparation for the damage that it added because the accused deposited 150,000 euros in compensation before the trial.

Sources from the Prosecutor's Office have explained this Friday that they are still studying the specific arguments of the appeal that they will present, and a basic aspect of the document will be to argue that this deposit of 150,000 euros should not be considered as reparation for the damage and counted as a mitigating circumstance.

The money was delivered by the former footballer after receiving it from Neymar's father since he has his accounts blocked in Brazil due to a dispute with his ex-wife.