Former Barcelona defender Dani Alves has been acquitted of rape charges.
He is suspected of raping a girl in a nightclub on January 20, 2023.
In March 2024, Alves was found guilty and sentenced to four and a half years in prison and an additional five suspended.
The player appealed the decision and at the end of March last year he was released to defend himself in the further process on bail of one million euros.
The Supreme Court of Catalonia has examined the case and overturned the first-instance verdict due to lack of evidence. The ruling states that the available facts are not sufficient to overturn the presumption of innocence, El Pais reports.
The court rejected the prosecutor's appeal, which sought to increase the sentence to nine years, and the victim's appeal, which sought to increase the sentence to 12 years.
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