Dani Alves is released from prison after paying the one-million-euro bail

The Brazilian had been in prison for 14 months

After almost 14 months in prison, Dani Alves is out of jail after managing to raise the million euros needed for bail, as confirmed by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia at 11:30 am. The Court of Barcelona agreed to his provisional release on Wednesday, March 20, with a private vote against and until this Monday the money had not been consigned. It should be reminded that the footballer had been sentenced to four years and six months in prison for rape.

The footballer has finally been able to raise the amount after intense days of negotiations. Initially, all eyes were on the Neymar family, who helped Dani Alves at the beginning of the case and gave him 150,000 euros, which later served to mitigate the penalty. His accounts were frozen and he has had more difficulties than expected.

Anyway, everything pointed to the fact that this Monday he would be released from Brians 2. Last Friday, the Brazilian asked for an extra hour to be able to post bail: from 14:00 to 15:00. In any case, he could not present it then and Alves had to spend the weekend in prison. The efforts of this Saturday and Sunday by his entourage have been fruitful.

Dani Alves, in addition to posting bail of one million euros, has handed over his two passports, Brazilian and Spanish, through his defense, led by lawyer Ines Guardiola. The footballer will not be allowed to leave the national territory. In addition, he is forbidden to approach the victim, affected by the recent events according to the private prosecution, and the places she frequents. He will not be able to contact her and will have to appear weekly in court.

The ex-player has been asking the courts for months for provisional release, but had