Former Barcelona and Sevilla defender Dani Alves has been released from prison on bail after posting a €1m fine as he awaits the outcome of his appeal against a four-and-a-half-year sentence for rape His two passports were also taken away, to prevent him from fleeing the country.
There had been reports from La Vanguardia that a group of friends of Alves had put in a pot to provide money for Alves, which is currently. unable to access his fortune of more than 50 million euros. This was built by TUDN Mexico, which claimed that Atletico Madrid striker Memphis Depay was one of those who had contributed.
Memphis recently said the pair were friendsBut Sebastian Ladure from the representation of Memphis went to Telecinco to deny this, as per MDclaiming it was “fake news” – “It's fake news, it's not true at all.”
Alves was initially helped by Neymar's family to pay the initial €150,000 in damages to the victim, but Neymar's father released a statement saying he would not pay the bail in light of Alves' conviction.
