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Former Brazil defender Dani Alves was granted bail on Wednesday by a Barcelona court upon the payment of a €1 million fee.
Alves had been convicted of sexual assault in February and sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison, of which he had already served over a year.
His lawyer, Ines Guardiola, appealed the ruling, and after a hearing on Tuesday, the 40-year-old has been released pending a final resolution in the appeal.
As part of the conditions of his bail, Alves is required to submit both his Spanish and Brazilian passports and must remain in Spain, agreeing to weekly court check-ins.
Additionally, he must adhere to a restraining order that prohibits him from going within 1,000 meters of his victim, her home, her place of work, or any other place she is known to frequent.
All parties involved—the defence, the victim’s legal team, and the prosecution—have three days to appeal Wednesday’s ruling.
