SAN ESTEBAN SASROVIRAS (Spain), March 26 — Convicted rapist and former Brazil international Dani Alves left a prison near Barcelona yesterday after posting the €1 million (RM5.1 million) bail set by a court to ensure his release pending appeal.

The 40-year-old has been in jail since his arrest in January 2023 on suspicion of raping a young woman in the VIP bathroom of a Barcelona nightclub in the early hours of December 31, 2022.