Soccer-Brazil's Dani Alves to go trial in February in sexual assault case

Soccer Football - Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves leaves court - Barcelona Court, Barcelona, Spain - January 20, 2023 A police car is seen driving past members of the media leaving Barcelona court after it was reported Dani Alves was jailed on remand REUTERS/Bruna Casas/File Photo

(Reuters) - Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves's trial in Spain on charges of sexual assault has been set for Feb. 5-7, the top court in Catalonia said on Wednesday.

Alves faces charges of sexual assault of a woman in a Barcelona nightclub last December. He was arrested on Jan. 20 and has been held in a prison outside Barcelona.