Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves granted provisional release on bail in Barcelona sexual assault case

(CNN Spanish) — The Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves has paid this Monday US$ 1.1 million (1 million euros) as bail to the account of section 21 of the Provincial Court of Barcelona to be provisionally released, the Court reported. Superior of Justice of Catalonia.

In this way, it is expected that he will be able to leave the Brians 2 penitentiary center in the next few hours, where he has been held since January 2023, serving a sentence of 4 years and six months for sexually assaulting a young woman in a nightclub in Barcelona at dawn on December 31, 2022.

Once he is released from prison, as precautionary measures, the withdrawal of his two passports, the Spanish and the Brazilian, will be imposed on him; the prohibition of leaving the national territory and the weekly appearance before the Provincial Court, as well as how many times he is called by the Judicial Authority.

Both the Prosecutor’s Office and the private prosecution announced their decision to appeal this provisional release measure, although these appeals will not have suspensive effects on the measure, which means that the player will remain free until a final sentence is handed down.

News in development.

2024-03-25 11:20:00
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