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Rosa SULLEIRO

Spain Court Bails Convicted Rapist Dani Alves For 1 Mn Euros

Dani Alves was convicted of forcing a woman to have sex in a nightclub bathroom (Credit: AFP)

Former Brazil international Dani Alves is to be released from jail pending an appeal against his rape conviction in a one-million-euro bail agreement denounced by the victim's lawyer as "justice for the rich".

The ruling came a day after his lawyer requested the 40-year-old's release on grounds he had already served a quarter of his four-and-a-half-year sentence in pre-trial detention following his arrest in January 2023.

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