{"id":46745,"date":"2025-03-29T07:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T11:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/psychologically-destroyed-lawyer-of-accuser-in-dani-alves-case-responds-to-acquittal\/29\/03\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T07:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T11:58:22","slug":"psychologically-destroyed-lawyer-of-accuser-in-dani-alves-case-responds-to-acquittal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/psychologically-destroyed-lawyer-of-accuser-in-dani-alves-case-responds-to-acquittal\/29\/03\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Psychologically destroyed\u2019 \u2013 Lawyer of accuser in Dani Alves case responds to acquittal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>\u2018Psychologically destroyed\u2019 \u2013 Lawyer of accuser in Dani Alves case responds to acquittal<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Friday the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/03\/28\/dani-alves-acquitted-on-appeal-after-rape-conviction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Supreme Court in Spain absolved Dani Alves of a rape conviction;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Supreme Court in Spain absolved Dani Alves of a rape conviction<\/a>, upholding an appeal made by the former Barcelona and Sevilla player a year previously. Alves was convicted in February of 2024, and was due to serve 4.5 years in prison, having already spent 14 months in custody since handing himself in.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>After the decision, Alves\u2019 lawyer, Ines Guardiola, spoke to RAC1 about the decision, as recounted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/futbol\/denunciante-dani-alves-recurrira-absolucion-sutton-115804986\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sport;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very happy; justice has finally been done. Of course we expected it; he is innocent and it has been proven. We are very excited,\u201d Guardiola remarked, but said she was not yet sure whether Alves would seek damages.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"Dani Alves during his trial.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/5nVvaozG3.Ty29b6BqidMA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/football_espana_articles_993\/1ad0f958ec5cea01f936393674fd6aa6\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Dani Alves during his trial.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the flipside, Ester Garcia, the lawyer for the accuser in the case, noted that her client was distraught by the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of the legal side of things, we must appeal the ruling. The client\u2019s emotional state will have to be taken into account, she is psychologically destroyed. For her, it\u2019s been two years of hell,\u201d she told the Catalan daily.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[She is] Very disappointed, sad, and somehow it felt like she was back in the bathroom where the incident took place.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<p>There have been a number of high-profile cases in Spanish football in recent years, with forward Santi Mina and right-back Hugo Mallo convicted of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It is] a setback, both legally and socially, in the fight against sexual violence. [It could] discourage women from reporting sexual assault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuestioning whether a woman was dancing in a nightclub before being sexually assaulted is not a debate for the 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alves\u2019 original sentence also saw his passport confiscated, and \u20ac150k damages fee due to the victim. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2024\/09\/06\/dani-alves-playing-football-in-barcelona-after-bail-release-from-rape-conviction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:has been living in Barcelona since his release on bail;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">has been living in Barcelona since his release on bail<\/a> in March of 2024, after he filed his appeal against the conviction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/psychologically-destroyed-lawyer-accuser-dani-100500795.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lsquo;Psychologically destroyed&rsquo; &ndash; Lawyer of accuser in Dani Alves case responds to acquittal On Friday the Supreme Court in Spain absolved Dani<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/psychologically-destroyed-lawyer-of-accuser-in-dani-alves-case-responds-to-acquittal\/29\/03\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/football_espana_articles_993\/3bbd693da488444314fd7eea4075c326","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}