Dani Alves will be released if he pays bail of one million euros

The Barcelona Court has agreed to provisionally release Dani Alveson bail of one million euros, while the appeals against the sentence that sentenced him to four and a half years in prison for raping a young woman at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona during the early hours of December 30 to 31, 2022 are resolved.

In an order, which has the dissenting vote of a magistrate in favor of keeping the footballer in prison, the Barcelona Court has agreed that the Brazilian player can be released from prison if he pays the imposed bail, with the obligation not to leave the country, hand over his two passports – Spanish and Brazilian – and appear weekly in court.

At the hearing held this Tuesday in the 21st section of Barcelona to decide on the personal situation of the former Barça winger, who has been in provisional prison since January of last year, the Prosecutor’s Office and the private prosecution opposed his release, while his The defense requested his release, arguing that he has already served a quarter of the sentence imposed for the rape.

At the appearance this Tuesday, the 40-year-old player said by videoconference from the Brians 2 prison: “I believe in justice. I’m not going to run away”.