MADRID (AFP) - Brazil
defender Dani Alves was taken into custody on Friday in Spain over allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December, police said.
The 39-year-old player was summoned to a Barcelona police station where he was “taken into custody” and will now be questioned by a judge, said a spokesperson for Catalonia’s regional police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra.
Spanish media said Alves arranged to be interview by police regarding the allegations through his lawyers.
Catalan police received a complaint on January 2 from a woman who said Alves had touched her inappropriately, police said.