Former Barcelona and Brazil legend, Dani Alves has been jailed on remand without bail by a Spanish court after a sexual assault charge.
The right-back who was playing for the Mexican side, Pumas, had his contract terminated immediately after the court’s ruling.
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The incident occurred in a nightclub in Barcelona where a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her.
The 39-year-old denied any wrongdoing but on Friday morning, a Barcelona judge ruled that he be sent to jail while he awaits trial.
Former Brazil international Dani Alves was arrested on Friday after being accused of sexually abusing a woman in Spain. pic.twitter.com/kkE6LS5Q09
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Alves spoke on these accusations earlier in the month.
‘I was dancing and having a good time without invading anyone’s space,’ he told Antena 3 TV.
‘I don’t know who this lady is… How could I do that to a woman? No.’
The Catalonia Higher Court of justice released a statement on the matter.
“Investigating magistrate number 15 of Barcelona has received today, as a detainee, the football player Dani Alves, accused by a woman for an alleged sexual assault, in events that allegedly happened in a Barcelona discotheque this past month of December,” the statement said.
“The magistrate has ruled provisional jail without bail, for the ongoing case for a crime of sexual assault,” the statement said. But the judge allowed that Alves could have communications while in jail, it added.