Former Barcelona and Brazil footballer is appealing against conviction and prison sentence for rape
The former Brazil international footballer Dani Alves, convicted of rape in Spain, has paid his bail of €1m and can leave jail pending his appeal, a court has said.
One of the world’s most decorated footballers, Alves, 40, was sentenced last month to four and a half years in jail for raping a young woman in the VIP bathroom of a Barcelona nightclub in the early hours of 31 December 2022.
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