Former Barcelona and Brazilian star, Dani Alves, has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after being found guilty of sexual assault.

According to Sky News, a Catalonia’s top court found Alves guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at an upscale Barcelona nightclub early on New Years Eve in 2022.

According to the victim Alves, who was arrested in January 2023, raped her in a bathroom.

The Brazilian, a former Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain defender, was also ordered to pay €150,000 to the victim by the court.

The 40-year-old has been detained since then and had requests for bail denied as the court considered him a flight risk.

The Brazilian Federal Constitution guarantees that no Brazilian citizen can be extradited by the country.

State prosecutors were told by the victim that on the night of the assault, she danced with Alves and willingly entered the

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