JAKARTA Former Barcelona player, Dani Alves, reportedly asked for cigarettes in exchange when he signed the jersey for the Brazilian national team from behind bars.
The Brazil international has been in prison for Brians 2, Spain, since January 20. Alves is accused of sexually harassing a woman at a nightclub in Barcelona on December 30, 2022.
That means the 39-year-old footballer has spent more than two months in detention. While in detention he also had to fight in various ways, including to get cigarettes.
According to Spanish publication, El Casa, one way Alves gets cigarettes is to sign the Brazilian national team jersey which is smuggled into prison by the families of the detainees.
The news agency suspected that Alves wanted to carve his signature on the smuggled jersey as long as there was a cigarette reward. Apart from cigarettes, Alves is also reported to have received various other products according to his wishes.
In addition to the Brazilian national team jersey, Alves was also asked to sign a jersey for his former club Barcelona. A prison official claims that currently there are a large number of Blaugrana costumes that have arrived at the prison.
However, if the claim regarding the cigarette scandal proves to be true, it could further complicate the future of the football star.
According to Brazil's news agency Metropoles, if Alves is proven to have asked for cigarettes in exchange, he could face new charges from a Spanish court.
Alves initially denied sexually harassing and claimed he and the victim had sexual intercourse on consensual grounds. He then filed an appeal with his lawyer to be released from prison.
Alves promised not to leave Spain during the investigation process. He also offered to keep reporting to the police every day and wearing a 24-hour tracking device if he was not thrown behind bars.
However, because his appeal was rejected, Alves was still imprisoned during the investigation process. He faces up to four to 15 years in prison if found guilty.
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