Former Brazilian international Dani Alves, convicted in Spain of rape, has repaid the 150,000 euros loaned to him by Neymar's father to pay for his defense, his lawyer announced on Wednesday. “Dani Alves returned the 150,000 euros to Neymar (father) a week ago,” said lawyer Ines Guardiola in a message sent to AFP, without revealing the reasons for this reimbursement.
The father of Brazilian national team star Neymar Santos said in January that he had financially helped Alves, who was not convicted at the time, a move that sparked widespread criticism in Brazil.
In March, a month after the former international defender was sentenced to four and a half years in prison, he denied that he, his son or his family would pay the one million euro bail set by the Spanish courts for conditional release pending appeal.
Alves, 40, was released on March 25 from the prison where he had been held since late January 2023 after posting bail. The ex-FC Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain star was found guilty of raping a woman in the toilets of a Barcelona nightclub at the end of 2022, upon his return from the European Cup. world in Qatar.
A Barcelona court on Wednesday rejected appeals from the prosecution and the civil party against the footballer's release.