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Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves has been forced to remain in jail after being unable to pay his €1million (£860,000) bail.
Alves, 40, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in the early hours of December 31, 2022 following his three-day trial last month, and has been held at Brians 2 Prison in Barcelona since January 2023.
He was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for rape, as well as being ordered to pay a €150,000 (£128,000) fine, and banned from approaching the victim for nine-and-a-half years.
His lawyer, Ines Guardiola, filed an appeal against the verdict, and Alves was last week granted bail by a Barcelona court once he pays the £860,000 fee.
The Barcelona based newspaper Sport reported that Alves was forced to remain in prison over the weekend, after the former Brazilian international was unable to pay his bail.
Dani Alves was granted release on bail while he awaits his final sentence after being found guilty of rape
Alves, who has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison, was unable to pay his bail last week
The former Barcelona star is reportedly awaiting funds after winning four tax cases
Reports had initially claimed the father of Brazilian star Neymar would help to fund Alves' bail, but he issued a statement denying the claims.
'For us, for my family, this matter is over. Full stop,' the statement read.
'With the Spanish court ruling for his conviction, there's speculation and an attempt to associate my name and my son's to a matter that is not within our reach any longer.'
Alves' lawyer said the Brazilian has two bank accounts in Spain, one with no balance and the other with €51,000 (£44,000), with a judicial seizure of €50,000 (£43,000).
Guardiola claimed last year that her client 'is broke' and has a 'negative bank balance of £17,000', despite reportedly once having a fortune of £47million.
Sport reported that Alves accounts in Brazil have also been blocked due to problems with his ex-wife Dinorah Santana.
Alves, however, is expected to receive €9.2 million (£7.9 million) after his tax lawyer Fernando Mota won four cases against Spain's tax agency.
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