In the last few hours, information has circulated like wildfire through social networks indicating that Dani Alves, former Barcelona Football Club player, had committed suicide in prison, where he has remained for more than a year after being convicted by the rape of a young woman. The news, spread by a journalist from Rio de Janeiro, generated great confusion among Internet users and caused an avalanche of headlines in the media. After what happened, his brother Ney reappeared on his Instagram profile to deny the news.
“How much cruelty do human beings have? They have already condemned him for the words of a woman who entered a men’s bathroom to do what only he and she know. He has already been condemned. Isn’t that enough?” Ney Alves said through of social networks, after knowing the information that has circulated on social networks. “Now, the crazy thing is that they want him dead. They want to see my brother dead. But how cruel is this?” he asked himself.
“My father is over 70 years old. My mother is over 60. You don’t have a family, right? These pages that continue to spread these things. May God have mercy on you,” said the brother of the Brazil national team footballer. On the other hand, journalist Acaz Felleger, press advisor to Dani Alves, also denied the information, and anticipated that he will initiate legal action against whoever launched the false
“The information was posted on Twitter without any basis. No veracity. I spoke with the lawyer and this irresponsible person should be sued,” Felleger said, according to Radio Itatiaia, from Belo Horizonte. After the commotion generated, the journalist who spread the false news corrected his words and said that, in reality, he was referring to a “cousin Danielzinho from Nova Iguaçu who was missing, but they already found him alive.”
It was about fourteen months ago when Alves went to prison, following a complaint from a young woman who claimed that the footballer had sexually assaulted her in a renowned nightclub in Barcelona. The events occurred during the night of December 30, 2022. It was more than two weeks ago when the Barcelona Court sentenced the athlete to four years and six months in prison and imposed five years of supervised release, removal and incommunicado detention from the victim. for nine years and six months, as well as compensation of 150,000 euros and payment of the cost of the trial.
