Former Brazil international footballer Dani Alves is to be released from jail pending an appeal against his rape conviction in exchange for posting bail of one million euros ($1.08 million), a Barcelona court said Wednesday.
The ruling came a day after his lawyer requested the 40-year-old’s release on grounds he had already served a quarter of his four-and-a-half-year sentence in pre-trial detention following his arrest in January 2023.
In its ruling, the court granted him “provisional release” in exchange for “the bail payment of 1,000,000 euros” also requiring he hand over his Spanish and Brazilian passports, remain in Spain and present himself to court “on a weekly basis”.