Dani Alves: Ex-Brazil player to be freed on €1m bail after rape conviction - BBC News

A court in Spain sentenced the former Brazil player to four and a half years in prison last month.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Dani Alves was first arrested in January 2023 and has been detained sinceBy George WrightBBC NewsA Spanish court has ruled that ex-Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves can be conditionally released from jail after serving about a quarter of his sentence for rape.

Alves, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison last month, will be released on a €1m (£853,000) bail.

He had been held in pre-trial detention since January 2023.

The 40-year-old was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022.

The victim's lawyer called the decision "a scandal".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68616200

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