Former Brazil international Dani Alves said for the first time that he was drunk on the night he is accused of committing sexual assault, judicial sources have confirmed to the news agency EFE.
If accepted as a mitigating factor when the case goes to court in February, it could lead to a reduced sentence in the case of a conviction.
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Alves’ lawyer, Inés Guardiola, has argued that the level of Alves’ intoxication impaired his cognitive ability and left him unaware of his actions.
It is the fifth time Alves has changed his story since he was arrested last January on charges of sexually assaulting a woman in a nightclub in Barcelona on Dec. 30, 2022.
