Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves released from jail after paying €1m bail and serving a quarter of sentence for rape

The 40-year-old paid a €1m bail and was released.

Mar 25, 2024 - 17:00
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Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves released from jail after paying €1m bail and serving a quarter of sentence for rape
Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves, right, leaves Brians 2 penitentiary center in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, near Barcelona, northeast, Spain, Monday, March 25, 2024. A Spanish court says Dani Alaves has deposited a bail of one million euros required for his release from prison and will also have to hand over his passports while appealing a rape conviction in Barcelona. Alves's release coincided with a protest outside the penitentiary by prison officers who have been demanding better conditions in recent weeks in jails in northeastern Catalonia following the killing of a prison cook by an inmate at another jail. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Dani Alves (right) walked out of a jail in Barcelona on Monday afternoon (AP)

Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves was released from prison on Monday after posting a €1 million (£857,000) bail.

In February, Alves was sentenced to jail for four-and-a-half years in jail after being found guilty of raping a woman in a nightclub on December 31, 2022.

The 40-year-old has served about a quarter of his four-and-a-half-year sentence.

Alves has been ordered to relinquish both his Brazilian and Spanish passports meaning he is unable to leave Spain.

He must also appear before the court on a weekly basis. The court imposed a restraining order barring him from coming within 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) of the victim.

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