Footballer Dani Alves convicted of nightclub sexual assault

The court found Alves sexually assaulted his victim early in the morning of December 31, 2022, when she said he raped her in a bathroom of an upscale Barcelona nightclub

Dani Alves has been found guilty of a sexual assault (D.Zorrakino/Pool Photo via AP/PA)

Brazilian football star Dani Alves has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman and sentenced to four years and six months in prison.

The ruling by a three-judge panel in a Barcelona court on Thursday followed a three-day trial this month.