Dani Alves is free while his appeal is being considered. The Brazilian has broken his silence.
Less than two weeks after his conditional release, Dani Alves granted an exclusive interview to a Catalan media outlet, El Periódico. The player was sentenced to four and a half years in prison and fined €150,000 for the rape of a 23-year-old woman.
However, he was released on bail of one million euros and had his two passports (Spanish and Brazilian) confiscated.
Every week, Dani Alves must go to court: « That’s what I have to do. Every Friday, I go to court and that’s it. I don’t have much else to do. »
« The match I have to play now is in court. But I have ‘no idea’ of the duration of ‘this match’, as long as all appeals filed by the parties (defense, prosecution, and public ministry) have not been resolved, » he explained in the Catalan newspaper.
« Wherever I go, I survive. I adapt to everything because for me, it’s not the place that makes the person, but the person who makes the place. » His conditional release could still be subject to appeal.
