The judge prevents a psychologist hired by Alves from evaluating the victim

The investigating judge Daniel Alves because of the alleged rape of a young woman in Sutton nightclub in Barcelona He refused the footballer’s request that the victim be examined by a psychologist hired by his defense and that the examination be recorded on video.

As reported in EFE legal sourcesthe head of trial court number 15 of Barcelona upheld the appeal filed by persecution and the private prosecution filed by the victim that vetoed a psychologist proposed by the defense from participating in the examination of the girl.

In that way, the complainant will only be examined by an independent specialist from the Institute of Legal Medicine (IMLC), in accordance with the decision of the investigating judge, that the defense of alves -conducted by a lawyer Christopher Martell– appealed to the Court of Barcelona.

The investigating judge initially accepted the defense proposal of the soccer player, who has been in preventive detention since January 20, that the girl be examined by both a forensic specialist and a psychologist appointed by alves to determine if her story and the symptoms she presented were compatible with the presence of rape.

The defense of the former FC Barcelona playerwhich seeks to address his thesis that the victim’s complaint suffers from “narrative distortion”, not only did he ask for an expert opinion from the court, but also that the psychological evaluation of the girl be recorded on video.

Both the persecution As a private prosecution filed by the complainant, they objected to the recording of the psychological evaluation, which they considered unusual in the field of crime, and the investigating judge denied it, a denial that led to the defense’s appeal.

The magistrate has now agreed to the accusations in both appeals, although it is the audience in Barcelona has the last word on the psychological exploration of the victim, an important test in cases of sexual assault and continues to be done.

When your appeal is denied, the defense alves He requested that the football player testify again, at his own request, before the investigating judge, an appearance set by the magistrate for next Monday at 10:30 am, which will force him to be taken from Brians prison 2 where he stays. a prisoner

alveswho throughout the course of the investigation changed his version several times about what happened in a bathroom in the private room of the Sutton nightclub, will predictably maintain before the judge that the intercourse with the complainant was consensual, as his defense has pointed out in appeal against his imprisonment.

This time, the footballer will be assisted by his lawyer Christopher Martellunlike the first time he appeared in court, after his arrest in January, when his lawyer was Miraida Wilson Bridge.

After the defendant’s statement, the footballer’s defense can ask questions again audience in Barcelona to release him for the time being, with such precautionary measures as justice thinks fit.

On February 21, the audience in Barcelona agreed to remain in pretrial detention Daniel Alveswhen appreciating a “high” flight risk and estimating that the indications accusing him were “serious” and “diverse”.

Soccer player accused of raping a 23-year-old girl in the bathroom of a private nightclub room Sutton from Barcelona where he invited her, along with his two friends, on the evening of December 30.