FORMER Brazil international footballer Dani Alves, who is serving a four-and-a-half-year sentence in Spain for rape, asked Tuesday to be released on b...
Brazilian footballer Dani Alves looks on at the start of his trial at the High Court of Justice of Catalonia in Barcelona, on February 5, 2024. - AFPPIXBrazil international footballer Dani Alves, who is serving a four-and-a-half-year sentence in Spain for rape, asked Tuesday to be released on bail while his appeal is considered.
His legal team also proposed he post bail of 50,000 euros or hand over his two passports to guarantee he would remain in Spain while his appeal is heard, the sources added. One of the world's most decorated footballers who played for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, Alves, 40, was sentenced on February 22 after being convicted of raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. His lawyers swiftly appealed the conviction.