Izuchukwu OkosiBrazilian defender, Dani Alves, was on Wednesday sentenced to 18 years in Brazilian Federal Prison for raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub.
The claim was made by the woman last month (December 2022) and the record-holder in World Cup appearances for Brazil was subsequently arrested.
Alves was said to have slapped and raped the victim in the bathroom of the nightclub.
The lady reportedly recognised a tattoo on his abdomen while he had canal knowledge of her.
A judge heard testimony from Alves, the woman, and a witness, last week Friday, in Spain and remanded him in a Spanish jail.
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According to reports in the Spanish media, the victim on Monday relinquished her right to financial compensation if Alves is convicted, saying she “just wants to ensure that justice is done and that the soccer player goes to prison”.
Dani Alves’ former wife, Dana Dinorah in a TV interview, said the 39-year-old footballer could not have committed the crime he was being accused of.
She said she is living a nightmare after his arrest and incarceration and insisted he would “never” commit the sex crime he has been accused of.
However, a court found him guilty of the crime and sentenced him, putting an end to his football career of over two decades.
Dani Alves was the oldest member of the Brazilian national team at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The family of the former Barcelona right-back is afraid of him being sexually assaulted in the federal prison and has reportedly requested that he is kept in protective custody.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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