With short steps, with his head bowed and accompanied by three other accused of different crimes.
This is how Dani Alves
entered - on Friday -
the Brians 1 prison, located in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, one of the municipalities of Catalonia, to spend one of the worst nights of his life.
It is remembered, just in case:
the 39-year-old Brazilian winger is accused of allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman in the bathrooms of the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona
, on the night of December 30, 2022.
As reconstructed by the newspaper La Vanguardia of Spain, the defender did not receive any preferential treatment from the beginning of the procedure.
For this reason, he entered the prison without a
cell phone, for which he spent the night incommunicado
.
As noted, he was emotionally affected in his personal cell, hardly exchanged words with the policemen and only ate some fruit, leaving the dinner they served him intact.
These are not easy hours for the footballer with the most titles in history (42): he could spend several days in jail, even months, until the trial takes place.
Much more: soon they would transfer him to an establishment with poorer conditions.
Why was Alves detained and cannot wait for the trial to be released?
For the examining magistrate number 15 of Barcelona, Concepción Cantón, the footballer has a high risk of flight due to his economic capacity and the absence of an extradition treaty with Brazil.
It is worth saying that
Alves has already testified in court and denied the accusations
.
It happens that the cameras of the place, the medical reports and the witnesses of the night endorse the version of the complainant.
And something else: the woman refused to exercise her right to be compensated by the player because her only objective is to get justice done.
“I ask the media outside my house to please respect my privacy at this time. My mother passed away a week ago, I have barely begun to assume that she is no longer there to torment me with my husband's situation,"
Joana Sanz
, the footballer's wife
, requested on her social networks .
And he added:
"I have lost the only two pillars of my life, have a little empathy instead of looking for so much news in other people's pain. Thank you."
Another of those who spoke publicly was
Xavi Hernández
, Barcelona coach and Alves' former teammate in the culé team.
In the run-up to the match between Barcelona and Getafe, Xavi was asked about the situation,
"Like everyone else, I'm surprised, shocked. A little in shock knowing Dani. It's the first thing that comes to my mind"
, released the DT.
And he closed:
"Later, it is a matter of Justice and it will dictate whatever, we cannot enter there. As for Dani, I know very badly for him. I am surprised by how he is and how he has been here with us. I cannot say no more
. "
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The heartbreaking message from Dani Alves' wife: "I have lost the only two pillars of my life, have empathy"
Xavi Hernández, shocked by the arrest of Dani Alves in Barcelona: "I am in shock"