“No longer responsible”
Friend Neymar refuses bail help for Dani Alves
March 22, 2024, 12:15 p.m
He hopes to be released, but cannot pay the bail: Dani Alves has to stay in prison because he is serving time for rape. Even his friend Neymar doesn’t help him out of trouble this time. He had gotten himself into trouble for this before.
Football star Dani Alves, who was imprisoned in Spain for rape, hoped in vain for financial help from his friend Neymar in order to be temporarily released on bail. “We are no longer responsible for this,” Neymar’s father announced on Instagram, responding to reports in the Spanish media that he would pay one million euros so that Alves could be released pending an appeal.
So Alves remains in custody, at least for the time being, because he was unable to pay the bail on time. Dozens of reporters had waited in vain for hours outside Brians 2 prison near Barcelona.
Neumar’s 59-year-old father confirmed that he had paid a fine of 150,000 euros for Alves to Spain’s judicial authority in August 2023, but this time it was “a different situation”. The financial injection for the alleged sexual criminal brought the Neymar clan a lot of criticism at the time. “For us, for my family, the matter is over,” affirmed Neymar Sr.
Alves himself has problems getting his own money. Partial amounts in his accounts in Brazil are blocked because of a legal dispute with his ex-wife Dinorah Santana over outstanding child support payments. According to his lawyer Ines Guardiola, his accounts in Spain are in the red. Alves is said to be expecting a tax refund of 1.2 million euros in Spain.
The 126-time Seleção international, who also played in Europe for FC Sevilla, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus Turin, was only arrested three weeks after the incident – on January 20 last year – during a visit to Catalonia . Before his arrest, he had played for the UNAM Pumas club in Mexico.