Dani Alves appeared this Friday at a police station in Barcelona to testify about an alleged sexual assault in a nightclub on the night of December 30-31, and was eventually arrested, according to La Vanguardia newspaper.
The former Barcelona footballer, who now represents Pumas in Mexico, was arrested around 10 am local time (one more than in mainland Portugal), after which he was taken by car to Ciutat de la Justicia in Barcelona, where he will be attend the judge.
The woman assured the police that the former Barcelona player “put his hand under her underwear” without her consent, and at the time the police were called to the scene, the player was no longer there.
A few days after filing the complaint, on January 5, Alves denied everything in the program of the Spanish television channel Antena 3: “I’m sorry, but I don’t know who this lady is, I don’t know who she is, I’ve never seen her in my life.” .
The Pumas were not aware of the Brazilian’s current situation as they called him up for a game next Sunday.