Dani Alves arrested in Barcelona on charges of sexual assault – Corriere.it

Brazilian footballer Dani Alves has been arrested after being accused of sexually abusing a woman in Barcelona. The alleged violence took place on December 30 in a Barcelona night club, police told the Associated Press. Alves – we read on Mundo Deportivo – gave himself up this morning in front of Mossos d’Esquadra. After making a statement, the Brazilian footballer left the police station arrested aboard a police car a few minutes after 10 in the morning to be taken to the Ciutat de la Justicia in Barcelona where he will go to court. The complainant, who was with some friends partying at the Sutton nightclub in the Catalan city, told police that the 39-year-old Brazilian footballer touched her under her underwear, without her consent. Accompanied by her friends, the woman reported the incident to the nightclub’s security personnel, who activated the relevant protocol in these cases and notified the Mossos d’Esquadra. The footballer’s entourage denied the facts to the ABC newspaper, confirming that he was in Sutton for a short time and noting that nothing happened. Alves currently plays for Mexican club Pumas.

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