The Sexual Assault Trial of Dani Alves Continues With Dozens of New Testimonies

Dani Alves in front of a Spanish court during his sexual assault trial; the 40-year-old has been in pre-trial jail for more than a year (Credit: Alberto Estevez/Pool Photo via AP)

ALABAMA - Day two of Dani Alves' trial continued with new testimonies from witnesses that were at the Sutton Nightclub, in Barcelona, on December 30, 2022, the night the former Brazilian fullback allegedly sexually assaulted a woman.

Alves' trial, labelled in Spain as the "trial of the year", is the first high-profile sex crime trial since the Spanish parliament changed its legislation in 2022 to make consent a key determinant in any sexual assault crime. The bill, passed by the Spanish parliament in May 2022 and popularly known as the "only yes means yes", defines consent as an "explicit expression of a person's will, making it clear that silence or passivity do not equal consent.