Rape of woman: Brazilian footballer Dani Alves goes to trial

Barcelona: Former Brazilian footballer Dani Alves, who was accused of raping a woman, went to trial here on Monday. Alves has been accused of raping a woman in a nightclub here during a holiday after the Qatar World Cup in 2022, Agence France-Presse reported. The prosecutors are demanding a nine-year prison sentence along with ten years of conditional liberty after that, under supervision. They are also demanding Alves pay the woman $162,000 in compensation. Alves, the 40-year-old defender, who was arrested in January last year, was lodged in a prison near Barcelona. The woman accused the footballer, who played defence for Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-German, of raping her in a bathroom of the VIP area of the upmarket Sutton…