Daniel Alves will remain in prison for at least one more night because he has not yet posted bail – 03/21/2024 – Sports

Brazilian player Daniel Alves will remain in prison for at least one more night because he has not yet deposited the bail of one million euros (R$ 5.5 million) determined by a Spanish court to grant him provisional freedom while the appeals of your sentence for rape are resolved.

The defense of the former athlete, sentenced last month to four and a half years in prison, was unable to deposit the amount before 2pm (in Spain), which is when the daily deadline ends, legal sources reported.

Alves will therefore have to spend at least one more night in the prison near Barcelona where he has been since the end of January 2023.

The date of his departure from the center will depend on when he manages to raise the amount established by the judges in their decision on Wednesday, when they authorized his provisional release if he deposits a bond of one million euros.

So that he can wait in freedom until his sentence is final, the court also imposed other measures such as the withdrawal of his two passports, the obligation to appear in court weekly, not leaving national territory or the prohibition of approaching the victim.

The judges’ decision was announced the day after the hearing in which the Brazilian’s defense had requested his provisional release while the appeals against his conviction were evaluated, which could take months, despite the opposition of the Prosecutor’s Office and the prosecution.

The victim’s lawyer, Ester García, has already announced that she will appeal the authorization to release the player and lamented that “it seems that justice is being done for the rich.”

After a media trial, the Spanish court last month sentenced Alves to four and a half years in prison for raping a woman in the bathrooms of a nightclub in the city of Barcelona at the end of 2022.

The sentence, now appealed by all parties, also imposed on him another five years of probation, an order to remove the victim for nine and a half years and the payment of compensation of 150 thousand euros (R$ 816 thousand).