The Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Barcelona is considering taking legal action against the mother of Dani Alves for the dissemination of the images of the victim of the alleged rape of her son in case her actions could constitute a crime of revealing secrets. This has been confirmed by sources from the Public Ministry to La Vanguardia. The mother of the former FC Barcelona soccer player, Lucía Alves, posted a video on Instagram last weekend in which private images of the victim appeared with her friends or in leisure areas and with messages in which they tried to sow doubts about the affectation that the events have caused. “Whoever trusts in God no longer loses the battle,” can be read in the publication of Dani Alves’ mother along with the video recorded by a Brazilian lawyer, in which the young woman appears dancing and celebrating her birthday. The images were reproduced by several Brazilian media outlets. This maneuver occurs just one month before the trial for sexual assault begins against Dani Alves, who faces a sentence of nine years in prison as requested by the Prosecutor’s Office or the twelve years claimed by the victim.
Given this situation, the victim’s lawyer has announced that she will file a complaint against the player’s mother for the dissemination of her identity and images of the young woman. The young woman’s lawyer, Ester García, has announced in a statement that “they will initiate legal action against all those people or media that disseminate images of their client or provide any information, direct or indirect, that allows her identification.” “It is regrettable that, to this day, attempts continue to be made to destroy people who dare to report,” the lawyer stated in the statement. The 15th investigating court of Barcelona ordered that no data that could identify the woman should be leaked.
The events occurred on December 30, 2020 in a booth at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona. In the indictment, the Public Ministry attributes the crime of sexual assault with penetration to the former FC Barcelona player and also requests ten years of supervised release and compensation of 150,000 euros for the physical and psychological consequences and the moral damages suffered by the victim. . This amount has already been recorded by the footballer in court. The victim suffers high intensity post-traumatic stress as a consequence of the events, “with functional repercussions and deterioration” following treatment for it.
