What has Dani Alves been found guilty of?
Dani Alves has been found guilty of raping a woman in the toilet of a Barcelona nightclub.
The Brazilian defender was accused of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub on December 30, 2022.
He has previously confirmed he had sex with a woman in the nightclub's toilet but insisted it was consensual.
Alves has been held in pre-trial detention since his arrest in January 2023.
He has now been jailed for four and a half years.
Ex-Barcelona star found guilty of rape
Ex-Barcelona star Dani Alves has been jailed for more than four years after being found guilty of raping a woman in a Spanish nightclub.
The court ordered that Alves pay £130,000 (150,000 euros) to the victim and sentenced him to four and a half years behind bars.
"The sentence considers that it has been proven that the victim did not consent, and that there is evidence, in addition to the testimony of the plaintiff, to consider the rape proven," the court said in a statement.