On January 20, 2023, just a few days after Joana Sanz’s mother died from cancer, the authorities arrested her husband, soccer player Dani Alves, accused of allegedly raping a young woman in a Reserved at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona.
The evidence of the sexual assault was more than enough to order the provisional entry into prison of the Brazilian soccer player, which is why he has spent 14 months in the Brians II penitentiary center.
Throughout the process, Alves has changed his statement on different occasions, since at first he denied the facts and later acknowledged that he had had relations with the alleged victim, but always consensual.
A few weeks ago, the trial against the elite athlete was held and he was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison, a very low figure for some and exorbitant for others. Faced with this decision, Alves and his team appealed the sentence and requested conditional release until said appeal was heard, since he has already been in prison for 14 months and, according to their point of view, the risk of escape has decreased considerably. .
Yesterday, March 20, the Barcelona Court decreed bail of one million euros for the Brazilian soccer player by partially upholding the appeal launched by the defense lawyer, Inés Guardiola.
According to sources close to the accused, his lawyer will appear at the public institution later today and Dani Alves will be able to set foot on the street again after a year and two months behind bars.
Although he will be released from prison, Alves will have a series of prohibitions (precautionary measures): both his Brazilian and Spanish passports will be withdrawn so that he cannot leave our borders, he will not be able to contact or be within 1 kilometer of the victim and must appear once a week at the court to sign.
Although the footballer was the main protagonist of yesterday’s day, many eyes were directed at his family environment. The player’s mother published different photographs thanking God for the court’s decision, but the Brazilian’s ex-partner decided to disappear from social networks at a time of so much social tension.
It should be noted that this is not the first time that the Canarian disappears from the Internet only to return after a few days, so her withdrawal from Instagram has not impacted the audience. However, many of her followers have been surprised by this reaction because the one from Tenerife lives off her work as a model and influencer and needs the networks for some of her collaborations.
