Dani Alves: Ex-Brazil footballer set to be released pending appeal - BBC News

The footballer, who was jailed for rape last month, is temporarily released after posting €1m bail.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Dani Alves was first arrested in January 2023 and has been in detention since thenInternational football star Dani Alves can be conditionally released from jail after he paid bail of €1m (£853,000).

Alves was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison last month, after a court found him guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022.

On Monday, the court in Spain gave the former Barcelona and Brazil footballer permission to leave jail pending his appeal, after he made the stated bail.

The 40-year-old has been held in pre-trial detention since January 2023.

"We hereby inform you that the deposit of Daniel Alves' bail has been registered in the accounts of the 21st section of the Barcelona Court," said a statement.

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