Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves has rape conviction quashed after appeal
Ex-player was initially sentenced in February 2024Court rules unanimously that conviction was unsafe
The former Brazil international Dani Alves has had his conviction for rape overturned on appeal.
In February 2024, a court sentenced Alves to a minimum sentence of four years and six months for the rape of a 23-year-old woman in a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. As he had already spent more than a year on remand, Alves was released under legal supervision shortly afterwards.
