The judge in charge of the case of Brazilian football star Ronaldinho, who was arrested for more than a month in a Paraguayan prison for using a false passport, announced that he was placed under house arrest in a hotel in the capital Asuncion
"It is an alternative measure to Ronaldinho and his brother, and they continue to be suspended in a hotel," Judge Gustavo Amaria said at a press conference.
"I have assurances from the hotel management that they will be under house arrest there at their expense," the judge added.
The judge explained that Ronaldinho's lawyers offered a $ 1.6 million bail to release the two brothers, which was accepted by the Paraguayan judiciary.
Because of the new Corona epidemic, the decision was digitally communicated to the accused in the presence of the Public Prosecution and Defense Representative.
Ronaldinho, 39, and his brother Roberto de Assis Moreira were arrested on March 6 in Asunción, after accusing them of entering Paraguay with false passports.
Ronaldinho and his brother arrived in Asuncion two days earlier from Brazil and brought their passports to the Immigration Police, who did not immediately notice any problem with the documents.
Hours later, when the issue of forgery was noticed, the police raided the hotel where the player resides, where he promotes a book and attends conferences sponsored by charities caring for disadvantaged children, and they find counterfeit passports.
Ronaldinho said in the investigations that he had taken my passports from people who invited him to conferences sponsored by charities working with disadvantaged children.
A Brazilian businessman involved in the case was arrested, while two Paraguayan women were placed under house arrest, and the matter led to the resignation of the Director of the Immigration Department of the country.
And Ronaldinho is considered one of the most prominent players in the history of football, and he has won almost all the titles available to him from the World Cup, Copa America, the Confederations Cup, the Champions League, the Spanish and Italian League, and the Golden Ball, as he represented three of the largest European clubs are Barcelona, Barcelona and Milan And Paris Saint-Germain.
Ronaldinho is being held in police cells, along with 25 officers accused of various crimes and four politicians, including the former president of the Paraguayan Football Association and the former speaker of the House of Representatives.
A Brazilian court denied Ronaldinho his passport at the end of 2018, for failing to pay a $ 2.5 million fine against the backdrop of building a sidewalk without permission on the edge of a lake in a protected area in Porto Alegre (south), according to local media.