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Former Barcelona Star Dani Alves Receives $1.1M Bail After Sexual Assault Conviction

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Former Barcelona star Dani Alves posted a €1 million ($1.1 million) bail and was released from custody pending an appeal of his sexual assault conviction, according to ESPN's Sam Marsden.

As part of the terms for his bail, Alves will have to surrender his Spanish and Brazilian passports and make weekly check-ins with the court.

In February, the retired footballer was found guilty of sexual assault by a court in Barcelona and sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison.

Alves was originally arrested in January 2023 after a woman alleged he had assaulted her at a nightclub in Barcelona the previous month.