アウベスが性的暴行を否認 元ブラジル代表ＤＦ、スペインで公判

【バルセロナＡＦＰ＝時事】２０２２年１２月にスペイン・バルセロナ市内のナイトクラブで若い女性をレイプした罪に問われているサッカー元ブラジル代表ＤＦのダニエウ・アウベスが７日、バルセロナの裁判所で行われた公判で女性への性的暴行を否定した。（写真はバルセロナの裁判所に出廷したサッカー元ブラジル代表のダニエウ・アウベス）
　「彼女は帰りたければ帰れたし、その場にいることを強制されていなかった」と述べ、女性側からは「一度も」帰りたいと言われなかったと主張。殴ったり髪をつかんだりしたとされる暴行の事実も否定した。
　検察側はアウベスに対し禁錮９年と損害賠償１５万ユーロ（約２４００万円）の支払いを求めている。
　また、女性の担当心理士は、女性に心的外傷後ストレス障害（ＰＴＳＤ）の症状がみられると述べたが、アウベスの弁護側は事件をめぐるメディアの過剰な注目が原因だと反論した。
　５日から始まった公判はこの日が最終日で、判決は数週間後に下される。
　現在４０歳のアウベスはスペイン１部リーグのＦＣバルセロナやフランス・リーグ１のパリ・サンジェルマンで活躍した世界的な選手だが、逮捕後は所属していたメキシコ１部のプーマスＵＮＡＭに契約を解除されている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/02/08-17:41）

Ex-Brazil international Dani Alves had drunk a lot of alcohol before entering the Barcelona nightclub where he allegedly raped a young woman, his friend told a court on day two of the footballer's trial.
Some 20 witnesses took the stand during the afternoon hearing at a Barcelona court for a session focused on Alves's state of inebriation and the victim's distress after the alleged assault.
The trial opened on Monday with the young woman victim testifying for over an hour from behind a screen to avoid being visually confronted by Alves in a closed-door hearing.
One of the world's most decorated footballers who played for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain during a storied career, Alves is accused of raping the woman in a VIP section of Barcelona's Sutton nightclub in the early hours of December 31, 2022.
The defender was arrested three weeks later and has been detained ever since. He denies all the charges.
Among those testifying on Tuesday were various police officers who spoke of the victim's state of agitation and shock when they arrived at the nightclub, as well as her anxiety that nobody would believe her if she filed a complaint.
On Monday, her friend and her cousin, who were with her at the nightclub, also told the court about her anguished state after fleeing the bathroom.
Alves was present in court again on Tuesday, wearing a grey jumper, dark trousers and trainers. Handcuffed to a police officer, he sat silently in the front row.
Also testifying was Alves's Brazilian friend, Bruno, who went to the club with the footballer and told the court, with the help of a Portuguese translator, that the footballer had drunk a lot of alcohol in various bars in the hours before they went to the nightclub.
- Stank of alcohol -
On entering, they invited the three young women to join their table in the VIP area, and Alves had demonstrated what Bruno described as a respectful chemistry towards the victim.
He said he saw Alves going off to the bathroom in the VIP area and the young woman following him.
After coming out of the bathroom, Alves continued dancing and did not speak with his friend about what had happened.
Alves's 31-year-old wife Joana Sanz also took the stand for 10 minutes, telling the court she was not legally divorced from the footballer and saying she was at their Barcelona house on the night in question.
When he came home, he smelt of alcohol and on entering the bedroom, he bumped into several pieces of furniture and collapsed on the bed.
Sanz said she didn't want to talk to him because of the state he was in.
The footballer, who is accused of sexual assault with penetration, will testify on Wednesday on the last day of the trial. He has insisted that what happened between them was consensual.
But his version clashes with that of the victim and prosecutors, who are calling for a nine-year jail sentence followed by 10 years of probation.
They also want him to pay 150,000 euros ($162,000) in compensation.
At Monday's hearing, the victim's testimony was recorded as she spoke but her face was later pixellated and her voice modified to avoid her identity being exposed if the footage were to be leaked.