Brazil’s Alves gets 4 and a half years in jail for rape

Dani Alves

A Spanish court on Thursday sentenced Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison after finding him guilty of raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub.

It also ordered the three-time Champions League winner to five years' probation after he serves his jail term, and demanded he pay 150,000 euros in compensation to the victim.

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"The victim did not consent and there is evidence that, beyond the complainant's testimony, permits the rape to be considered proven," the Barcelona court wrote in a statement.

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