Ronaldinho's lawyer: “He's dumb, he doesn't know he committed a crime”

The former player of Barcelona and Brazilian international Ronaldinho Gaúcho and his brother, also former player Assis, who is his representative, will remain in custody in Paraguay –up to a maximum period of six months- for having acquired some alleged false passports of that country to which he attended for some solidarity events of the foundation 'Angelic fraternity'.

“Justice has not understood that Ronaldinho did not know that he was committing a crime because he did not understand that he was given false documents, he is dumb,” said the lawyer of the footballer, Adolfo Marín, in statements to the Folha de São Paulo newspaper after the announcement of the decision to keep him detained in Paraguay.

“We are facing a serious punishable act because it attempted against the interests of the Republic of Paraguay,” Judge Clara Ruiz told the media.

The former Brazilian player, who covered his hands with a blanket so that the wives were not seen, “meets all the requirements” so that he remains in prison. “There is danger of escape, it has no roots in the country, entered illegally and is illegally staying. That is why the court considered that he remains in prison “, the judge added.