BRAZIL football legend Dani Alves was yesterday jailed for four and a half years after being convicted of rape.
The 40-year-old former Barcelona star attacked a woman aged 23 at a nightclub in the Catalan capital on New Year's Eve, 2022.
He was also ordered to pay her £128,000 in compensation.
A court heard Alves "grabbed hold of the victim and threw her on the ground" before raping her as she pleaded "no".
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