Just four weeks after being sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for raping a woman in 2022, former footballer Dani Alves was released on bail on Monday after paying a bail of 1 million euros

Alves was told he could leave Brians 2 prison near Barcelona last Wednesday after winning his bid to appeal his four-and-a-half year prison sentence on bail, enjoying the comfort of home. on your own instead of in a prison cell. And at 4:00 p.m. on March 25 (local time), the former Brazilian football player walked out of the prison door, enjoying a free life for the first time after 14 months of imprisonment.

Although released on bail, Alves will have to comply with many of the strict conditions set by the judges. Specifically, every Friday Alves will have to go to court to appear. The three judges who decided to release him also ordered assistants to inform Brazilian consulate officials of Alves’ entry ban in case he tried to obtain another Brazilian passport.

Police and other law enforcement agencies are expected to be provided with details surrounding Alves’ entry ban to ensure the former Barca player does not attempt to flee the country. Alves’ lawyer turned over both his Brazilian and Spanish passports to comply with the conditions of his release.

In addition, the ban on Alves coming closer to the victim within 1,000 meters is also applied. Alves has been in jail since his arrest last January and appeared wearing a gray jacket with a white turtleneck underneath, walking straight into his car without speaking to the media.

Alves, who was convicted on February 22 of raping a 23-year-old woman in the toilet of Barcelona’s luxury nightclub Sutton after a three-day trial will spend his first night of freedom since the 20th. /1 last year at my home. The £4m villa is in Esplugues de LLobregat, a 25-minute drive west of Barcelona city centre.

The house was built in 2010 while he was still married to ex-wife Dinorah Santana before meeting and marrying supermodel Joana Sanz, who also asked for a divorce after Alves admitted for the first time to having an affair sex with the woman he was convicted of raping. The 31-year-old woman later said the divorce had been postponed and she gave evidence on Alves’ behalf at his trial from February 5 to 7.