Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves has had a rape conviction overturned on appeal by a Spanish court.The appeals division of Catalonia's High Court of Justice unanimously upheld the appeal by the 41-year-old and acquitted him,

Dani Alves, the former Barcelona and Brazil footballer, had a conviction for rape overturned after an appeal in March 2025.Alves was sentenced four and a half years in prison in February 2024 after being convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub on December 31,

Dani Alves, the former Barcelona and Brazilian national team star, won his appeal Friday after being found guilty of rape last year.