Footballer Dani Alves, convicted in Spain of raping a woman, paid bail of one million euros and was released from prison this Monday, meaning he will await the outcome of an appeal against his conviction.
Dani Alves, a former player for Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and the Brazil national football team, was sentenced last month to four-and-a-half years in prison for raping a 23-year-old woman in 2022 at a nightclub. in Barcelona.
Last week, a judge ruled that the footballer, who has been in pre-trial detention for 14 months, can await a decision on an appeal he has filed while free if he pays one million euros in bail – the amount he posted this Monday reports of the 21st Section of the Barcelona Court, according to a statement from the judiciary this Monday.