Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves denies rape as Spain trial wraps

Ex-Barcelona defender is accused of raping a woman in a nightclub in December 2022

The former Brazil international footballer Dani Alves has denied raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub as he took the stand on the last day of his trial in Spain.

If she wanted to leave, she could have left, she was not obligated to be there," the 40-year-old told the court in Barcelona on Wednesday, adding that the woman at no time" asked to leave.