The fact that they explicitly tell him they don't want him there, that they want him to leave, to resign, but that he should stay anyway, after all, after the deaths, so many deaths, so much pain and so many lies, says so much about Carlos Mazón that there's little left to add. If anything, it's worth remembering that it can always hurt again, wound again, because these kinds of people only think of themselves. And they have an entourage that, for their own interests, also thinking only of themselves, doesn't set any limits either. And the magnitude of the tragedy doesn't matter: their cynicism will always prevail. "There were things that should have worked better," Mazón said after a year. If we scrupulously analyze this statement, the insults at the funeral will seem very mild. But when the public issues so many red cards and there's no expulsion, impotence is the only thing that grows. Imagine how it makes me feel; I'm even thinking of a football analogy. I hope you'll excuse me. It's despair. That does not diminish after learning that the day after the booing he intended to doa reflection"I find it very presumptuous of him to start reflecting at this point. Because if he hasn't been able to in a whole year... Anyway, a hug to the Valencian Country.

This week, images of former Brazilian footballer Dani Alves, implicated in an alleged rape case, have gone viral. He stood as a fervent preacher in an evangelical church in GironaThis is the Elim Church, a Pentecostal church, quite popular with the local Protestant community, located in an industrial building on the western outskirts of the city. Every week—several days—religious services are held, drawing over a hundred parishioners from some twenty different countries, primarily from Latin America, who follow the service with genuine devotion.

It will be a strange experience to enter the temple and end up seeing a sermon by Dani Alves. Put aside artificial intelligence, reality continues to surprise us. The former Barça player made a pact with Our Lord in prison when he was incarcerated accused of sexual assault. A case for which he was initially convicted but later acquitted due to insufficient evidence. A case that is not yet over, as it will go to the Supreme Court. It was in prison that Alves told Our Lord that if He helped him, he would give his life to Him. Now, he is a disciple of Jesus Christ, as he explains.

Last March, the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) decided to acquit former footballer Dani Alves of a crime of sexual assault. A few months earlier, the Barcelona Court had sentenced him to four and a half years in prison concluding that he raped a young woman in the restroom of the Sutton nightclub on December 30, 2022. However, the higher court overturned this sentence, which is now in the hands of the Supreme Court, the final stage of the judicial process, after the Prosecutor's Office and the private prosecution appealed against it. At the moment, they are still studying the appeal.

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."

Judge Mercè Caso has taken office as president of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC), replacing Jesús María Barrientos, who held the position for nine years. Caso takes office just a few days after her appointment. After the TSJC overturned the conviction for sexual assault against footballer Dani Alves, who has been acquitted. Following the controversy that the ruling has sparked in recent days, in her first speech as head of the TSJC, Caso said: "We are aware that our decisions are sometimes difficult to understand." However, she called for respect for the rulings.

Suddenly, as I began reading headlines, news, and tweets, and receiving messages from friends and acquaintances about the acquittal in the Dani Alves case, my mind and body were transported to the words of Rebecca Solnit. Specifically, I remembered the beginning of the second chapter – "The Longest War" – of her famous novel. Men tell me thingss (2016), where she reports that a rape is reported in the United States every 6.2 minutes, despite the fact that all the evidence – academic studies, social service reports and female popular experience – points to the estimated total being five times higher, and that, therefore, the reality of rape in her country is closer to the possibility of a woman being raped; that one in five American women will be raped throughout her life, or that the total count is that, in the US, more than eighty-seven thousand rapes occur each year. Solnit's insistence on making evident the systemic logic behind sexual violence and how, from all spheres (social, judicial, cultural), we tend to conceive and treat each rape complaint in isolation. Addressing the structural nature of all forms of gender violence, says Solnit, always involves talking about the profound changes that any society needs. That is, it's necessary to talk—because we don't talk enough—about masculinity, male roles, or even patriarchy.

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.

María Jesús Montero is backing down. At least, in her own words. The First Vice President of the Spanish government apologized this Tuesday for her remarks regarding the acquittal of soccer player Dani Alves: "If the literal meaning of the expression I used can lead to the conclusion that I have called into question nothing less than the presumption of innocence, which is a pillar of our rule of law, I withdraw it and I withdraw it." However, she did reiterate that she considers the court ruling a "setback" and that we must get to the "bottom of the matter": in her opinion, the important thing is the "debate."

Today, two very important pieces of justice news. In France, Marine Le Pen has been disqualified for fraud in the hiring of assistants to the European Parliament.

Model Joana Sanz has found the perfect moment to announce the news she's been chasing for a while: she's successfully conceived. The news comes three days after her partner and former soccer player Dani Alves was acquitted by the High Court of Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Catalonia (TSJC) of a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona. While the sentence is not final and legal sources indicate that the Prosecutor's Office intends to appeal to the Supreme Court, her partner and model has explained that he had been trying to have a child for five years.

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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Judges and prosecutors unanimously condemned the First Vice President of the Spanish government, María Jesús Montero. In a statement on Monday, all the relevant associations condemned the PSOE minister. He called the verdict that acquitted Dani Alves a "shame" of sexual assault and criticized the fact that the footballer's presumption of innocence is "above" the victim's witness. "It is essential that institutions and public representatives respect and support the work of judges and magistrates, and avoid comments that could undermine confidence in our judicial system," the group of judges and prosecutors responded. This Tuesday, the General Council of the Judiciary joined in, warning politicians that they must "balance their legitimate right to criticism with preserving citizens' trust in institutions."

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Feminism describes the ruling as a "step backwards" The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) annuls the conviction of Dani Alves for sexual assault, on December 31, 2022, in the Sutton courtroom in Barcelona. "The first sentence was a good summary of what the law of the only yes is yes (Law 10/2022 on the comprehensive guarantee of sexual freedom") and the element of consent, for the TSJC is its entire responsibility," says advocate Sònia Ricondo, member of the Night Observatory, dedicated to analyzing sexual violence in nightlife.

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From the outset, we fully acknowledge the difficulty of judging cases like that involving former Barça player Dani Alves, who was convicted in the first instance of rape and now acquitted by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia. In a case like this, in which the events occurred inside a restroom without witnesses, the key ultimately lies in the credibility of the protagonists' account. The Barcelona Court did believe the complainant, and also made something very important clear about what could be seen in the images recorded at the nightclub: "The fact that she danced suggestively, that she moved her buttocks closer to the accused, or that she was able to embrace him does not suggest that she was offering her comfort."

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If by chance you read this, I want you to know that I do believe you and that I know I'm far from alone. That you're not alone, and that there are many of us who never doubted your testimony. That you did the right thing by trusting those who initially activated the sexual assault protocol, just as you did by going to Hospital Clínic, which is the referral center for these cases. That your initial decision to renounce the compensation money moved me because I felt your fierce desire to be believed as my own, but that I was overjoyed when you changed your mind because being financially compensated was, and is, your right, and I understood that you were gaining strength and increasing your confidence in yourself and in your lawyer.

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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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