Overview

• Dani Alves, accused of raping a woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022, denies any wrongdoing as his trial starts.
• State prosecutors seek a nine-year prison sentence for Alves, while the accuser's lawyers want 12 years.
• The court orders the accuser's testimony to be behind closed doors, with no media access and protective measures for her privacy.
• Alves has changed his defense multiple times, initially denying any sexual contact, then later admitting to a consensual encounter.
• The accuser expressed fears of not being believed due to Alves' fame, but the judge and prosecutor found her testimony credible.