The Prosecutor's Office has already presented all the arguments it uses to request the annulment of the acquittal of soccer player Dani Alves for sexual assault to the Supreme Court. The Public Prosecutor's Office has already formally announced that it would appeal the ruling that overturned the four-and-a-half-year prison sentence, and among the arguments it made public this Wednesday is its analysis of the evidence. In the words of the Supreme Court Prosecutor's Office, the ruling that acquitted Alves was "arbitrary," "cruel," and "biased."

The complainant of footballer Dani Alves will also appeal, like the Prosecutor's Office, against the sentence handed down a week ago. overturned the four and a half year prison sentence for sexually assaulting her. According to ARA, the young woman's lawyer, Ester García, is preparing the brief to present it to the Supreme Court on Monday.

The sentence that Friday acquitted footballer Dani Alves The sexual assault case has sparked reactions from the judiciary, politics, and feminist movement. But it has also raised many questions about the arguments of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) when it overturned the sentence handed down by the Barcelona Court, which considered it proven that the footballer had sexually assaulted a girl at the Sutton nightclub in late 2022.

The judges who acquitted Alves pointed out in the same sentence that revoking the initial sentence accusing the footballer of sexual assault I didn't mean to say "that the true hypothesis is the one maintained by the defendant's defense," who, after changing his story several times during the trial, argued that he and the complainant had consensual sex. This is because, for a conviction, the prosecution must prove its version, not the other way around. In other words, the defense doesn't have to prove that its explanation is true; it's enough to refute the prosecution's. Since, in the opinion of the TSJC, the complainant's statement is not sufficiently reliable to be considered conclusive evidence, the judges have prioritized the principle of the presumption of innocence to overturn the conviction.

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The High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has unanimously overturned the conviction of soccer player Dani Alves for sexually assaulting a woman at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona. The three female judges and the male judge who make up the full appeals chamber of the TSJC and who reviewed the sentence believe that the complainant's testimony is not sufficiently conclusive to support the case. the four and a half year sentence imposed by the Barcelona Court in Alves. Friday's ruling acquits the footballer and criticizes the judges who handed down the sentence for having "inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and contradictions." The ruling is not final, and legal sources indicate that the Prosecutor's Office intends to appeal to the Supreme Court.

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