Retired Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho was released from confinement after spending five months detained in Paraguay for entering the country with a false passport.
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. The brothers also will need to pay a fine of 200,000 between the 2 of them.
Both were arrested last March for possession and use of false Paraguayan passports with which they entered the country to conduct business activities.
The retired soccer star was earlier released from a high-security jail in Paraguay but ordered to serve confinement at a luxury hotel while he was investigated.
Ronaldinho are going to be ready to return to Brazil immediately. Defense attorneys Tarek Tuma and Alcides C ceres said their clients will establish residence in Rio de Janeiro.
Ronaldinho, a world champion with Brazil in 2002 and a former star of Barcelona, Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, among other clubs, turned 40 years old in Paraguay. He came to the country invited by an area foundation, supposedly to present his autobiography, support a faculty for poor children and inaugurate a casino.
Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci said Ronaldinho and his brother received received a shortened legal process because they admitted having had official Paraguayan legal documents but of false content and since they litigated in straightness .
The retired soccer star told local authorities the document was a present from a Brazilian businessman, who was also jailed.
Ronaldinho had his Brazilian passport seized reception thanks to an investigation into alleged environmental crimes, but the document was returned to him in September. One month later he played during a friendly in Israel.
