Dani Alves is granted release from jail on bail - priced at €1MILLION - while Barcelona and Brazil superstar, 40, appeals against his four-and-a-half year prison sentence for rape
- Dani Alves was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail last month
- He has appealed the verdict after being found guilty of raping a woman
- While the ex-Barcelona star awaits his final sentence, he has been granted bail
Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves will be released on a €1million (£850,000) bail after appealing against his four-and-a-half year prison sentence for rape.
Alves, 40, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in the early hours of December 31, 2022 following his three-day trial last month, and has been held at Brians 2 Prison in Barcelona since January 2023.
He was also ordered to pay a €150,000 (£128,000) fine, and banned from approaching the victim for nine-and-a-half years.
His lawyer, Ines Guardiola, filed an appeal against the verdict, and Alves has now been granted bail by a Barcelona court once he pays the £850,000 fee, meaning he can leave prison while he awaits his final sentence.
Alves asked for his provisional release earlier this week, insisting that he would not 'run away' before his final sentence is handed down.
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Dani Alves is set to be released on bail while he awaits his final sentence after being found guilty of rape
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Alves was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison last month following a three-day trial
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The former Barcelona star has appeal the verdict and has now been granted bail
He has now been granted his wish after his lawyers downplayed the idea that he could be a flight risk.
Prosecutors for Alves' case had called for him to receive a nine-year sentence, and argued that he should not be allowed bail due to concerns he could flee Spain to return to Brazil.
However, he was handed only half the jail time they wanted, and has now been freed from prison, pending the outcome of his appeal.
Alves has always maintained his innocence, insisting that his sexual encounter with the young woman in the nightclub bathroom was consensual.
However, he was sacked by Mexican club UNAM Pumas following his arrest 14 months ago.
Alves was married to model Joana Sanz at the time, but she revealed that she filed for divorce after the explosive accusations against the ex-Barcelona superstar came to light.
Alves spent eight years at Barcelona between 2008 and 2016, winning six LaLiga titles and the Champions League three times.
He was removed from their official list of club legends after being found guilty of rape.
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Dani Alves' ex, Joana Sanz (left) revealed she had filed for divorce last year after the accusations against Alves came to light
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However, she appeared to celebrate him being reinstated on Barcelona's list of club legends earlier this month, writing on her Instagram story 'To Caesar what belongs to Caesar'
However, the club performed a U-turn just days later and put him back on their list in a decision that appeared to be celebrated by his ex-wife, Sanz.
She wrote 'To Caesar what belongs to Caesar' on her Instagram story alongside a picture of Alves celebrating in a Barcelona shirt.
The following week, Alves' brother blasted fake claims from a prankster that he former full back had taken his own life in prison.
Albuquerque, who describes himself on X, formerly Twitter, as a lover of football, beer and a beautiful woman, wrote: 'The information I'm receiving is that Daniel Alves has killed himself.'
He added in a second post eight hours later, after his initial message to his 12,600 followers had gone viral on social media: 'People, for the love of God, what sort of repercussion is this?
'I was referring to my cousin Danielzinho from the city of Nova Iguacu who had disappeared, but has now been found alive.'
Alves' brother Ney delivered a furious response on Instagram Live, saying: 'How cruel human beings can be!
'He's already been convicted on the word of a woman who entered a men's toilet to do what only he and her know.
'He's already been convicted. Is that not enough?
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Alves' brother denied fake claims that the ex-Brazil defender had taken his own life in prison
'Now the madness is people want him dead. They want to see my brother dead. How cruel is that!
'My dad is more than 70 years old and my mum is more than 60. Do people like this not have family?'
Alves also won league titles with Juventus and PSG, and earned 126 international caps for Brazil.
He won the Copa America and Confederations Cup twice each with the South American nation.
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