A year and a month after his entry into prison, Dani Alves was sentenced this Thursday to four years and six months in prison for the sexual assault he committed on the night of December 30, 2022 in a renowned nightclub in Barcelona. On the other hand, the Barcelona Court also 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. After this condemnation came to light, the statue of the footballer in Brazil has been vandalized.
The sentence has been one of the current topics this week and everyone was talking about it. It also did not go unnoticed in the Brazilian’s hometown, Juazeiro, where the footballer even has his own statue of him. However, this figure has appeared vandalized and many of the local residents have demanded that the town council remove it, since the player has already been finally convicted.
This is a work that was erected in 2020 to recognize the sporting career of the right-back, who has spent his professional career in clubs such as Sevilla and FC Barcelona, ??as well as in the Brazilian national team and in his hometown, Juazeiro. , in Bahia. Now, after his sentence for sexual assault came to light, some of his neighbors decided to put bags and ribbons around his head. In this way, they demand his withdrawal.
On the other hand, a request has been made to the town council to remove this statue. The truth is that this is not the first time something like this has happened in the footballer’s hometown. It was last September when the sculpture appeared with the same appearance: completely covered by garbage bags, tied with insulating tape. At that time, the athlete’s family came forward to ask for respect and defend Alves.
The events outraged the athlete’s family. “I’m just stopping by to remind you that my brother is awaiting trial. The question is: what if he proves his innocence? If he is acquitted? How will we do it?” His brother, Ney Alves, expressed through social networks. . Some statements that would be of no use at this moment, since the athlete has already been sentenced.
While in his hometown they ask that the tribute to Joana Sanz’s still husband be removed, the player waits at the Brians 2 penitentiary center, where he works with his lawyer, Inés Guardiola, to appeal against the sentence. The lawyer assures that she continues “to trust in the innocence of Mr. Alves”, as she acknowledged upon leaving the Barcelona Court. We will have to wait to know more details about this case.
