It's official, Dani Alves now has more versions than Champions League to his name. Accused of rape by a 23-year-old woman and placed in pre-trial detention at the Barcelona prison of Brians 2, the former Barcelonan has indeed given a new version of the facts during his last hearing, on January 23, before a private prosecutor's office.

After initially denying the alleged facts and ensuring that he did not know the young woman who accuses him, the Brazilian had finally explained to the investigating judge that he had only crossed this person in the toilets of a Barcelona nightclub on December 30. Before finally admitting, Thursday, during his appeal trial, that there had been a sexual act, but that it was consensual.

Dani Alves says he wanted to "protect" the young woman

Meanwhile, according to the Brazilian media Telecinco, the man who calls himself the "Good Crazy" confessed to his wife, Joana Sanz, that he "did not remember anything" because he "was drunk". Finally, the latest version revealed by the Catalan media Ara, the former Auriverde international claimed that the woman would have thrown herself on him in the toilet to give him a without his consent, which he would not have resisted. "She went straight to me. I didn't touch that girl," he was quoted as saying.

When asked by the private prosecutor's office why he had retracted his initial statements, Dani Alves reportedly explained that he wanted to "protect this young woman". For her part, the alleged victim claims to have been abused and forced. If the rape charges are confirmed in court, the Brazilian faces up to twelve years in prison. In case of requalification of the facts in sexual assault, the former full-back of the PSG would then risk four years in prison.

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