Dani Alves will know his sentence on Thursday, February 22. The former FC Barcelona player was accused of raping a 23-year-old woman.
The prosecution requested nine years in prison against the Brazilian. Alves had denied the facts until the last day of the trial, saying: "I am not a violent man" The former right-back had already spent more than a year in prison in Spain before the trial began in February.. The accusation described "a situation of anxiety and terror" experienced by the complainant during her assault.