Former Barcelona right-back Dani Alves has been launched by the Barcelona Courtroom after paying a a million euro bail, which will probably be lined by Neymar‘s father. This improvement happens amidst Alves going through a 4 and a half yr jail sentence for a sexual assault case.
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The choice has garnered widespread consideration globally, even drawing criticism from Brazilian President Lula Da Silva, who questioned the Spanish justice system’s rationale for granting bail regardless of Dani Alves being required at hand over his passports.
“The cash that Alves has, the cash that somebody can lend him, can’t purchase the offense {that a} man does to a lady by committing rape,” Lula stated.
“When intercourse is one thing that’s executed between two, it needs to be allowed and consented to by two. This, in truth, is against the law.
“Injustices about which we can’t stay silent. We at the moment are seeing that Alves could be launched if he pays. I discovered in Pernambuco [Lula’s home state], once I was a toddler, that individuals used to say ‘right here within the Northeast, they do not arrest the one who has 20 contos de reis [expression to indicate millions of reais, about three million euros]. Individuals see how this maxim continues.”
The case has sparked debate, with the sufferer’s lawyer, Esther Garcia, elevating issues about whether or not justice favors the rich, suggesting that an bizarre particular person would not have been afforded the identical alternative.
