Model Joana Sanz confirms the end of her marriage with former player Daniel Alves

Spanish model Joana Sanz confirmed that she has separated from former football player Daniel Alves. The revelation took place on Friday (13), in a post on Instagram Stories.

At the time, the model answered "question boxes" and decided to share the answer given to a follower.

“Do you accompany your husband to services?” asked the unidentified person. With a brief text, Joana explained her decision:

"I'm not a believer. The more I see what he does, the more I distance myself from all of this. I take this opportunity to clarify that we have been separated for some time, precisely for this same reason."

Currently, Daniel Alves is an evangelical and has even started preaching in Pentecostal churches.

They had been together since at least 2017. In November last year, Julieta, their first daughter, was born.

Rape accusation

Joana stood by Daniel Alves when he faced the accusation and sentence to 4 years and 6 months in prison for the rape of a young girl in Spain.

The conviction, handed down in February 2024, indicated that the man from Bahia threw the woman on the bathroom floor of a nightclub in Barcelona, ​​immobilizing her and penetrating her without consent. Daniel's defense has always reinforced that he is innocent.

Just over a year later, in March 2025, the court acquitted him of the crime. Judges from the appeals section of the Superior Court of Catalonia assessed that the victim's testimony would be insufficient to sustain the conviction against the former athlete. At the time, he was already on provisional release.

In the midst of this, both the Barcelona Public Prosecutor's Office and the victim's defense appealed, therefore, the case remains open.