On February 22, 2024, the right -back Daniel Alves was sentenced to four years in prison for rape in Spain.
At the end of March of the same year, the court upheld the appeal of the player and accepted the defense request pending the temporary release until the appeal trial.
The former player paid a bail of one million euros (about $ 5.4 million at the time). In martyrdom, Daniel Alves He cried, and confirmed the use of excessive alcohol on the alleged night of crime, but he denied that he would have raped his wife.
After 400 days of condemnation, Spain judge unanimously decided to cancel the ruling. The judges stated that they understand that there is “a series of gaps, inaccuracy, contradictions and contradictions regarding the facts and legal evaluation and its consequences.”
They added that “from the productive evidence, it was not possible to conclude that the criteria required by the assumption of innocence were overcome.” In addition, the judges also agreed to the argument of Daniel Alves’s lawyer, who referred to “Not reliability” In the victim’s certificate.
The defendant’s lawyer said he is planning to enter Appeal against cancellation.
The decision was taken Take the demonstrators In front of the Consulate General of Spain. The law aims to condemn the punishment in cases of violence against women and demand justice to the victim.
The consequences of cancellation
Lawyer Marina Ganzaroli, the founder of Lee Brazil as wellA non -profit social organization has spoken to support the victims of sexual violence, about the effects of the cancellation of the sentence.
“Certainly (cancellation) has a tremendous result, in terms of not only a precedent, but specifically because it is a typical case. It is a symbolic issue that has gained a public opinion. You have reported this situation, here in Brazil and other countries entered CNN.
“Specifically for Spain, this decision has a very negative result. It represents the beginning of the application of new legislation that has been widely discussed in the country and faced a lot of resistance until it was approved. Before, in Spain, there were different criminal types to describe sexual violence. Crimes that are not the center of sexual violence are not violence or a serious threat, but the absence of approval.”
“Daniel Alves’s decision to condemn, although many people consider the time of condemnation in the first place very low for the crime committed, was celebrated and celebrated by the women’s human rights defense movement in Spain, because it was a major decision to implement the new legislation,” the Brazilian president adds.
Backwardness
Esther Garcia, the victim’s lawyerRepresentatives outside his Barcelona office said that canceling the condemnation was “a setback, legal and social, in combating sexual violence.” Marina Ganzaroli reinforces the arguments, indicating that the decision does not inhibit the victims of their aggressors.
“When we do not give a treatment due to these cases that come to the court, we are going through a statement to society that the complaint does not deserve trouble, and that the word of the victim is not estimated enough. It really has an infection, does not deal with the condemnation of these few issues that do not require it, but more than that in this case where there are a number of offers that spoil the narration from the intention that you do not want.
Brazilian football
For a lawyer, this episode is another sample of how to immerse football – and sports in general – in the structures of inequality and gender violence.
“I think it is important to say, unfortunately, not only Brazilian football, we have a very serious problem represented in gender inequality and sex in this sport. Talking about football, this is evident with various sexual violence, hate and harassment that often occurs in this sport Inside the sports market, “Marina says.
Daniel Alves collected his passport, Spanish and Brazilian, and You can leave Spain when you want and you can return to Brazil.
“When we think about procedures, the answer is definitely in prevention and education, and when that happens, a policy with severe consequences. In sexual crimes, in the vast majority of cases, we find ourselves in this predator. It is one word against the word of the other. To live.”
“If the absence of approval is not sufficient, if the victim’s word is not enough, and if you are always in doubt Pro Rio – In doubt, in favor of the defendant -, When do we condemn sexual harassment? Never, “save.
