Overview

• The Supreme Prosecutor’s Office has filed a cassation appeal against the TSJC’s March 2025 acquittal of Daniel Alves on sexual assault charges.
• Prosecutors claim the TSJC’s ruling was arbitrary, citing irrational evaluation of trial evidence and failure to consider all presented proof.
• Alves was originally convicted by the Audiencia de Barcelona in February 2024 and sentenced to four and a half years in prison for the alleged 2022 nightclub assault.
• The TSJC overturned the conviction, leading to Alves’ release in late March 2025, following his appeal.
• Under Spanish law, the Supreme Court will now review the Prosecutor’s constitutional challenge to the TSJC’s decision.