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    Major update in Dani Alves sex assault case as victim goes to cops after CCTV ‘shows ex-Barca star with her in loo’

    A WOMAN who named Dani Alves as her alleged attacker after she was sexually assaulted in a Barcelona nightclub has now made a formal police complaint. Cops confirmed that they were investigating the incident that took place at the swanky Sutton club, a bar frequented by the rich and famous in the Spanish city.
    A woman who was sexually assaulted at a nightclub has named Dani Alves as her attackerCredit: Getty
    Spanish paper ABC reported at the weekend that the unnamed woman had identified Brazilian international Alves to police as the man who allegedly molested her.
    Barcelona-based news site El Taquigrafo also claims that it has seen CCTV footage showing Alves entering a bathroom in the nightclub alone with the woman in the early hours of December 30 before exiting 47 seconds later.
    In a detailed account of the footage it claimed to have viewed, it said the woman burst into tears when Alves left the venue with a male friend 10 minutes later.
    Two female friends who were with the victim then alerted security staff who called the police.
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    Alves, 39, has yet to make any official comment with representatives telling Spanish press he was in the nightclub briefly but insisting nothing happened.
    A spokesman for the Mossos d’Esqudra police force said: “The victim of an alleged indecent assault at a nightspot in Barcelona on the night of December 30 to 31 has presented a formal complaint.
    “She filed that complaint at a police station on Monday.
    “A report will now be submitted to an investigating court which will determine what steps should subsequently be taken.”
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    It means the footballer may now be summoned to court to give his version of events.
    NIGHTCLUB ATTACK
    On Saturday police confirmed that they were investigating an alleged assault at the nightclub before the attacker was named by ABC as Dani Alves.
    The site claimed that the woman had pointed the finger at Alves after raising the alarm.
    She claims that the attacker put his hand inside her underwear at the iconic nightclub.
    She is said to have told her friends who then alerted security staff, sparking the activation of a city hall protocol in place for sex assaults and harassment inside privately-owned nightspots which included taking her to a “safe space” and calling in the police immediately.
    ABC said: “The Catalan police went to the venue and when the victim spoke to them about the incident, the supposed aggressor had already left the nightclub.”
    In the days following the attack, the woman at the centre of the probe failed to attend a police station and present a formal complaint.
    The former Barcelona right-back, who in Qatar last month became the oldest player to represent Brazil at a World Cup, denied any wrongdoing but was not questioned by detectives.
    ABC added: “Contacted by this paper, the footballer’s entourage have denied the allegations.
    “They insist the information is false, although Alves was inside the venue, albeit for a short space of time.”
    However, the victim made the official complaint on January 2 and Alves is now the subject of a full investigation by the Barcelona police.
    The next step is for the Mossos to process the complaint in the courts to open a judicial procedure that could end in a summons.
    Alves, who left Barcelona during the summer and signed for Mexican side UNAM Pumas, has yet to make any official comment.
    Very soon after the allegation was made, thE footballer swiftly returned to Mexico to join back up with his team.
    That means that the court may decide to summon him remotely rather than force him to return to Barcelona.
    The footballer, who is married to Tenerife-born model Joana Sanz, wished his fans Happy New Year in a message posted on Instagram early this morning/Sunday morning.
    He wrote: “Happy 2023 to all. May the love between us reverberate and evil and grudges diminish from the hearts.”
    Spanish model Joana has since taken down her Instagram account although it is not clear if it was removed in light of the allegations.
    As well as two spells at Barcelona, Alves has played for Seville, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Sao Paulo.
    He is widely considered as one of the greatest full-backs of all time.
    He has been a full international for Brazil since 2006 and is the nation’s second most-capped player of all time.
    Alves became the oldest Brazilian to play in a FIFA World Cup by playing in his nation’s defeat against Cameroon in the final round of Group G games.
    He said before the game: “It’s normal people might question me because of my age or because I might not be at my best at this minute.
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    “It is something that bothers me but doesn’t affect me. I am reaping what I have planted over the years.”
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    Wayne Rooney makes shocking revelation about penis size in bizarre team talk to DC United players

    FOOTIE hero Wayne Rooney left his players gobsmacked by telling them of his small willy.The DC United boss, 37, was attempting a rousing “triumph over adversity speech” after a string of poor results.
    Wayne Rooney left his players at DC United gobsmacked by telling them about his small penisCredit: AP
    The ex-England skipper, who once said he was “the big man”, told them that having a “tiny penis” had not stopped him.
    However, it went down like a lead balloon among his Washington-based side. 
    A source said: “It was very funny and he hoped using personal references would make it look like the speech was from the heart. 
    “But the majority of his side were left bemused and struggled to understand what his sex life and size of his manhood had anything to do with what happens on the pitch. 

    “A few of the young lads were horrified. They don’t share the same British sense of humour.”
    The dad of four — who has been accused of cheating on wife Coleen, 36, several times — also opened up about his off-field mistakes.

    He told his players he came back from “f***-ups” and they could do likewise. 
    Rooney took over DC United in July but finished bottom of the MLS eastern conference.
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    I’m a sexpert – my bedroom tips for England heroes and their WAGs will help us win the World Cup

    THE pressure of representing their country at the World Cup can take a huge toll on players. But a sex and relationship expert reckons she knows exactly how Gareth Southgate can revitalise his team after matches.
    Natalia believes players like Eric Dier should be able to let off some steam with fiancee Anna Modler after matches
    Natalia Kobylkina believes the England squad should be able to have sex after matches – but not the day beforeCredit: Supplied
    Sexologist Natalia Kobylkina is urging the England manager to let his players go into sex-tra time with their wives and girlfriends – but ban romps the day before a game.
    She tells The Sun: “If they win and perform well they should be rewarded by being able to perform equally well when they see their loved ones after the game.
    “That will also, hopefully, get them in the right frame of mind for the next fixture.”
    But while she firmly believes sex games are good for the squad, too much nookie could hamper their chances of bringing home the World Cup.
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    She explains: “It is very important for the guys to be ready for action when they get out onto the field.
    “You can’t expect that to happen if they have been putting all their energies into making love with their partner in the run-up to matches.”
    Natalia, 38, believes to get the best out of his team, Southgate must ban any performances in the bedroom 72 hours before each game and save the reward for when the game is over.
    She argues the players need to have heightened levels of testosterone and cortisone in their bodies to maximise their prowess on the pitch.
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    Annie Kilner will be cheering on her man Kyle WalkerCredit: Instagram
    Sasha Atwood, who has been in an on-off relationship with Jack Grealish for years, will be supporting himCredit: Instagram @sasha__rebecca
    Natalia adds: “If Gareth Southgate follows my advice, England can go all the way to lift the trophy – and the wives and girlfriends will have fulfilled an important role in winning the World Cup.”
    No to ‘sex ban’
    Natalia, 38, says it’s not feasible to ask players not to have sex for more than a month throughout the tournament.
    She says: “They will start to get depressed and frustrated. Their heads will drop and they won’t be at their best. 
    “You wouldn’t impose a month-long sex ban for players during a normal season. It just wouldn’t work.
    “So it’s not going to work in Qatar either. It’s not as if the WAGS aren’t there!”
    Romp o’clock
    Natalia believes a month-long sex ban is impossible for the likes of Raheem Sterling and fiancée Paige Milian
    Harry Maguire and wife Fern will have to say no to sex too close to matches, says NataliaCredit: Instagram
    Natalia, who is based in London and boasts an international client list of athletes, entrepreneurs and politicians, reckons she knows the best time a player should have sex in order to give their best performance – on the pitch, that is.
    “The optimum time for a male footballer, like any elite male athlete, to have sex before a major sporting event is 72 hours,” she says.
    “That way the players can be at their peak mentally and physically for the challenge ahead.
    “Sex can be a reward for winning or a consolation for losing. So a win-win scenario for the players and, of course, their wives and girlfriends!
    ‘Stay strong for England’
    Natalia says WAGS like Anouska Santos, Luke Shaw’s partner must “stay strong” for EnglandCredit: Instagram @anouskasantos
    In order for the Squad to bring the World Cup home, WAGS must only have sex with their men after matches, says NataliaCredit: Instagram
    For the WAGS who have made it to Qatar to cheer on their men, Natalia says: “If you want your man to do well on the pitch you have to say ‘no’ to sex for 72 hours before each game.
    “You need to stay strong for England. Once the games are over, that’s when you can let your defences down – and hopefully the boys can rise to the occasion!
    “The lads need to reach the maximum levels of their animal potential. They need to be hungry for sex and hungry for the ball – obviously not at the same time!
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    “That way their all-round game will be so much better.
    “If they have sex too close to kick-off they won’t have either the energy or the motivation to do their best.”
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    World Cup 2022 fans face prison is they try to bring pork, porn or sex toys into Qatar as list of banned items revealed

    FANS heading to the World Cup could face prison time if they try to bring pork, porn or sex toys into Qatar. The Government’s official website has made clear to travellers how strict the country’s rules are with less than a week to go before the tournament.
    Pork is among the list of items travellers cannot take into QatarCredit: Getty
    England fans are preparing for a different World Cup than they are used toCredit: Getty
    England and Wales fans will be travelling to the Middle East nation in their numbers in the follows days as the build-up to the World Cup begins.
    Around 4,000 Three Lions fans and 3,000 supporters of the Dragons will be present alongside thousands of other football followers from around the world.
    Qatar has spent the last year preparing for the huge influx of fans.
    And the World Cup promises to be like no other with strict laws governing Qatar that could come as a shock to some Brits.
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    The UK Government’s updated foreign advice page has given travellers all the info they need.
    This includes the list of banned items that could land you prison time if you tried to bring them into Qatar.
    The list contains things such as alcohol, sex toys, pornography and pork.
    Brits are also reminded about the drinking laws in the country, with fans only allowed to drink in designated areas.
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    Travellers are also warned about offensive public behaviour which could land them in trouble.
    The foreign advice reads: “Swearing and making rude gestures are considered obscene acts and offenders can be jailed and/or deported.
    “Take particular care when dealing with the police and other officials.”
    The website also makes reference to the way couples should behave in public.
    It warns: “Any intimacy in public between men and women (including between teenagers) can lead to arrest.”
    And Brits are reminded of Qatar’s expectation of clothing in public.
    The foreign advice said: “You should dress modestly when in public, including while driving. Women must cover their shoulders and avoid wearing short skirts.
    “Both men and women are advised not to wear shorts or sleeveless tops, when going to government buildings, health care facilities or malls.”
    Controversy has followed Qatar since it was awarded hosting rights of the 2022 World Cup.
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    Activists and campaigners continue to voice their concern over the country’s record on human rights and views on homosexuality.
    Qatar kick the tournament off when they play Ecuador in the opening game on Sunday.
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    Benjamin Mendy claims he asked ‘rape victims’ directly if they wanted to have sex ‘to avoid dates or conversation’

    BENJAMIN Mendy claimed he asked his alleged rape victims if they wanted to have sex to avoid dates or conversation, a court heard. The Manchester City footballer, 28, was asked about his attitude towards sex at the time the offences are said to have taken place.
    Benjamin Mendy was asked about his attitude to women todayCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
    Mendy said: ‘I was trying to be more direct’Credit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
    Mendy said: “I was trying to be more direct to avoid conversation or go on dates.
    “That’s why I was quick and direct if they wanted to have sex, to avoid all that.”
    Timothy Kray KC, prosecuting, during a second day of cross-examination at Chester Crown Court, put it to the Premier League player that he does not see women as individual people and thinks normal rules do not apply to him so he gets it “terribly wrong” in believing they are consenting to sex.
    Mendy admitted he regrets his partying lifestyle and told jurors he is “crazy” and that his life was like being on a “fast train” that kept “going and going” until he was arrested and had time to think in jail.
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    The 28-year-old French international is accused of being a “predator” who turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game, regularly going clubbing in Manchester before holding “after-parties” where young women were invited back to a city centre apartment or his Cheshire mansion and sexually assaulted.
    He denies rape and sexual assaults on six women and told the jury any sexual contact was always consensual.
    One rape complainant has claimed Mendy told her having sex with him was a “privilege” and he had had sex with 10,000 women.
    Mr Kray asked Mendy: “You didn’t really see them as people, just things to be used for sex.
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    “That’s how you did see them and how you would get it terribly wrong about whether they were consenting or not?”
    Mendy replied: “No.”
    The jury heard that, during the pandemic, the flat Mendy rented in Manchester and his home, The Spinney, in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, were used for lockdown-busting parties, to prey on young women.
    Mr Kray continued: “Did you think the rules did not apply to you? You had parties because you had this lust for sex?”
    Mendy said: “No. At the time I was just partying. I was not thinking that well.”
    Mr Kray said: “You were a danger to women, weren’t you? Because you did not see any consequences of breaking really important rules?”
    Mendy said: “No, never. Having a social life, I did lots of things.”
    The jurors were shown a CCTV clip of Mendy in a nightclub, dancing with women and holding his crotch.
    Mr Kray said: “That’s what you thought about at the time – what’s in your pants – and you had sex with them no matter what they thought.”
    Mendy denies seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault against six young women.
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    His co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, 41, of Eccles, Salford, denies six counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault relating to seven young women.
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    Premier League star suffers serious groin injury from embarrassing reason, top doctor reveals

    A PREMIER League star suffered a serious groin injury from “vociferous sex”, a top surgeon has revealed.The ace even showed him the unusual position in which he picked up the injury.
    A Premier League ace has picked up a groin injury performing an unusual sex actCredit: Getty
    He had to have a keyhole op and was keen to not share the detail with his manager.
    In an exclusive interview, Professor Aali Sheen, 51 — known as The Herniator because of his expertise fixing hundreds of sports stars’ groin injuries — has lifted the lid on it all.
    One Prem ace needed surgery after a coughing and sneezing bout.
    Prof Aali, from South London but now based in Manchester, has a book out called The Painted Surgeon.
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    He has treated over 3,000 sports patients and often sees players from the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea.
    He told The Sun on Sunday: “Groin injuries all come about from twisting and turning but it can happen in unusual circumstances sometimes.
    “One top Premier League player was sent to me by his club doctor.
    “He had serious pain in his groin and he told me he’d been having hard and vociferous sex with his partner.
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    “He was graphic about what happened and even showed me the position he suffered it in, which was unusual but helpful.
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    “I operated on him and he was fully fit again in four weeks.”
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    Benjamin Mendy ‘told cops he was shocked at arrest for raping woman’ and said ‘I didn’t try to stop her leaving’ mansion

    MANCHESTER City’s Benjamin Mendy told police he was “shocked” at being arrested for rape, a court heard.Mendy, 28, was interviewed by police multiple times in relation to a number of rape and sexual assault allegations, Chester Crown Court was told.
    Benjamin Mendy arrives at Chester Crown Court todayCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
    The Manchester City player’s ongoing trial sees him charged along with his co accused Louis Saha Matturie with multiple rapes and sex assaultsCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
    The Premier League footballer and his friend and ‘fixer’ Louis Saha Matturie, 41, deny all charges at their trial, now in its 12th week.
    The footballer gave a number of prepared statements to detectives followed by “no comment” interviews on instruction by his solicitor, the court heard.
    Timothy Cray KC, prosecuting, read the prepared statement Mendy gave in relation to the first of the young women he is alleged to have raped.
    The woman, aged 24, claims Mendy raped her three times at his home in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, in October 2020.
    Mendy said in the statement he had been out for a few drinks to a bar with Matturie and others in Alderley Edge near his home and met some girls who were invited back to his house.
    While there he saw one girl using her phone, which visitors had been instructed not to do, to video his home.
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    Mendy told police: “I asked her to delete the video. She gave me her phone and I deleted it.
    “As I did so a photo of her with no clothes on came up on screen. She said she had more photos of her like that and we agreed to go upstairs to my bedroom so she could show me more.”
    In his bedroom Mendy said she showed him more naked photos and took her top off and they started kissing.
    Mendy said the woman gave him oral sex and agreed they would “play around” but she did not want to go any further.
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    Later she left with another girl and he ended up having sex with one of the 24-year-old’s friends from the bar, who stayed the night in his bed.
    He told detectives: “I’m shocked to be accused of rape and false imprisonment. All sexual activity between me and her was completely consensual.
    “I did nothing to prevent her from leaving.”
    Mendy gave a further three prepared statements to police in relation to separate women he had allegedly raped where he told detectives the sex was consensual.
    He denies seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault against six young women.
    Matturie, of Salford, denies six counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault relating to seven young women.
    Both men say if any sex did take place with women or girls it was consensual.
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    None of the women involved, as sexual assault complainants, can be identified.
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    Benjamin Mendy’s ‘fixer’ took teen girl, 17, on ‘date to Nando’s before asking her about his penis size’

    A FRIEND of Premier League footballer Benjamin Mendy raped a teenage girl after a first date at Nando’s, a court has been told.Louis Saha Matturie told the then-17-year-old he was a football agent and, after the meal, took her to his flat, exposed himself and asked if he had the “biggest d***” she had seen, Chester Crown Court heard.
    Louis Saha Matturie at Chester Crown Court where he is charged with multiple rapes and sexual assaultsCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
    Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy also faces several chargesCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
    Manchester City defender Mendy, 28, and his pal and “fixer” Matturie, 41, deny a series of rapes and sexual assaults.
    The jury watched a police interview of the last of 13 complainants, who told officers about the alleged rape between July 22 and August 30, 2012.
    She said she saw Matturie while clubbing in Manchester, swapped numbers with him and arranged a date at the chicken restaurant.
    She said he later drove the pair to his south Manchester flat, where they sat on a bed and kissed before he took his penis out.
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    “He just had it out, fully exposed,” she said.
    “I just remember saying, ‘No. I don’t want to have sex.’
    “I wasn’t really feeling it. I didn’t really fancy him.
    “I just remember him wanting to have sex. I felt like I had to have sex with him because he had it out.
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    “I just thought, ‘It’s got to this stage now.’ I felt obliged.
    “I remember him saying, ‘Is this the biggest d*** you have ever seen?’
    “And I remember looking at him and saying, ‘No.’
    “Like, I’m disgusted and numb. Repulsed.”
    The woman said she went to the toilet, cried and texted her mum to say she would be back soon.
    Matturie later drove her home.
    After news of Mendy and Matturie’s arrest last August, the woman said a friend sent an article about it to a group chat on her phone.
    She told officers: “I thought, ‘Oh, my God!’ I felt sick and knew that I needed to say what I know.
    “I just replied and said, ‘I went on a date with him once.'”
    ‘I FELT SICK’
    Earlier, the court heard from a friend of another woman, 18 at the time, who alleges Matturie sexually assaulted her at the home of a footballer in Sheffield in 2016.
    She said Matturie was the organiser of parties in Manchester, sometimes involving footballers, and contacted young women through Snapchat and Instagram.
    She said there would be “no more” than five men at the events, with 10 or 15 girls invited and around 10 parties held during lockdown at a flat near Manchester city centre.
    After Mendy’s arrest, she said Matturie rang her.
    She told the jury: “He said, ‘Don’t believe what’s in the newspapers. These are girls, not women’ – something along those lines – and he’s told his boys to keep their heads down.”
    Prosecutors say Mendy is a “predator” who “turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game”, while Matturie allegedly had the job of finding young women for sex.
    Mendy, of Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, denies seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault against six young women.
    Matturie, of Eccles, Salford, denies six counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault relating to seven young women.
    Both men say if any sex did take place with women or girls it was consensual.
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    None of the women involved, as sexual assault complainants, can legally be identified.
    The trial was adjourned until next Monday morning. More