Court allows Dani Alves to leave prison in advance of appeal hearing
Brazilian footballer was convicted of raping woman in 2022Alves ordered to surrender passports and pay €1m bail
A Spanish court decided on Wednesday that Dani Alves could leave prison if he pays a bail of €1m (£850,000) and hands over his passports while awaiting the appeal against his conviction for raping a woman in Barcelona.
The former Brazil and Barcelona player was found guilty of having raped the woman in a nightclub in 2022 and sentenced to four years and six months in prison. During the three-day trial he denied wrongdoing.
