Daniel Alves hires lawyer who has already defended Messi and Barcelona

the defense of Daniel Alves hired one of the most prestigious lawyers in Spain to establish its defense in the case of investigation of a sexual crime. Specialist in criminal law, Cristóbal Martell he has already defended Barcelona, ​​Lionel Messi and important businessmen and politicians and will represent the Brazilian player alongside lawyer Miraida Puente Wilson, who was already in the case of alleged sexual abuse of a 23-year-old woman. The athlete’s defense must file an appeal at the Barcelona Hearing, this Tuesday (24), according to the newspaper The Vanguard.

More recently, Martell defended Barcelona in the case of alleged irregularities in the signing of Neymar. In 2013, he was hired by Messi in cases where the player was accused of alleged tax crimes. Martell was also known for representing Catalan politician Jordi Pujol, along with his wife and three children, in a charge of “disproportionate wealth” in criminal activity.

Daniel Alves’ defense has until Wednesday (25) to file a habeas corpus request to release him from prison. There is also a new statement by the 39-year-old athlete. The aim is to revert the prison to a milder punishment, such as a ban on leaving the country, withdrawal of passports or setting a bail. One of the alternatives studied is to resort to higher authorities.

UNDERSTAND THE DANIEL ALVES CASE

Judge Maria Concepción Canton Martín ordered the arrest of Daniel Alves last Friday (20). He was arrested while giving testimony in the case of sexual assault against a woman on 30 December. The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Spain asked for the 39-year-old athlete’s preventive detention, without the right to bail, and the holder of the Investigative Court 15 of Barcelona accepted the request, ordering the detention.

The judge argued in the decision to arrest the player that there was a risk of flight, since the athlete no longer lives in Spain and has the financial resources to leave the country at any time. Furthermore, Spain does not have an extradition agreement with Brazil.

The accusation refers to an episode that allegedly took place at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona. The athlete, who defended the Brazilian team at the World Cup in Qatar, would have locked, assaulted and raped his wife in a bathroom in the VIP room of the house, according to the newspaper. El Periódico.

According to the Spanish press, the contradiction in the right-back’s testimony was decisive for the country’s Public Ministry to ask for arrest and the judge to accept. In early January, the player gave an interview to the program “Y Ahora Sonsoles“, from Antena 3, in which he confirmed that he was in the same nightclub as the woman who accuses him, but denied having touched the complainant without her consent and said that he did not even know her.

In the statement, however, according to the media in Spain, the athlete claimed to have had consensual relations with the woman, whose name was not revealed. According to Cadena SER radio, images from the internal surveillance of the place confirm that Daniel Alves spent 15 minutes with the woman in the bathroom of the nightclub.

According to the newspaper the country, the woman does not want to be compensated and gave up being compensated financially for the injuries and also for moral damages because she understands that the main objective is to make the athlete punished for what happened. Pumas, from Mexico, announced last Friday that Daniel Alves’ employment contract with the club was terminated for just cause.

A tattoo was decisive for the request for preventive detention. According to the newspaper The worldthe victim described that the player had a half-moon tattoo between his abdomen and private parts, which could only be seen if he was without clothes.