Ronaldinho returns to Brazil after house arrest in Paraguay
Football | August 26, 2020 9:38 ISTRonaldinho and his brother spent more than a month in prison before being relocated to the four-star Palmaroga Hotel after paying $1.6 million in bail.
Ronaldinho and his brother spent more than a month in prison before being relocated to the four-star Palmaroga Hotel after paying $1.6 million in bail.
Paraguayan judge Gustavo Amarilla handed down a suspended sentence of two years in prison for Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto de Assis Moreira, and granted their release.
Ronaldinho and Assis have been detained since early March for allegedly entering the South American country with fake passports.
Ronaldinho and his brother Assis have been detained since early March for allegedly entering the South American country with fake passports.
The former Barcelona forward was arrested, along with his cavalry, in April for entering the country with forged documents.
Ronaldinho has been ordered to remain under house arrest in Paraguay after an appeal court judge refused a request to release the former Barcelona star and his brother.
After serving 32 days in a Paraguayan prison, Ronaldinho was put under house arrest after he paid his bail bond.
Ronaldinho has insisted he didn't know his documents were illegal and also stated he showed full cooperation with the authorities in the aftermath of the airport fiasco.
The Argentina forward also denied rumours of a possible transfer to his former Argentinian side Newell's Old Boys.
Ronaldinho, the Brazilian former FIFA player of the year, and his brother Roberto de Assis were also told to pay bail of $800,000 each.
Local authorities have banned visitors at the facility because of the coronavirus outbreak, however, an exception was made for former Paraguay international forward Nelson Cuevas, who is a close friend of Ronaldinho.
Ronaldinho will no longer receive visits at the Paraguayan jail where he is being held as local authorities attempt to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto de Assis are jailed after they arrived in Asunción on Wednesday with fake passports.
Brazilian football great Ronaldinho and his brother spent a second consecutive night in a Paraguayan prison on Saturday after a judge dismissed their request for house arrest.
Ronaldinho and his brother were detained in Paraguay for allegedly producing falsified documents.
The 39-year-old Brazilian and his brother, Roberto Assis, were taken to a police station in Asuncion shortly before 10 p.m. local time, Paraguay's prosecutors office said in a statement.
Ronaldinho and his brother, Roberto de Assis, were detained on Wednesday after police raided their presidential suite at a luxury hotel in Asuncion.
Former Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho was detained in Paraguay for an alleged passport fraud.
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