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Sports Desk: Former Brazilian football star Ronaldinho said on Monday that his arrest and subsequent house arrest in Paraguay for using a false passport was \u201ca very hard blow\u201d.<\/p>\nSports Desk: Former Brazilian football star Ronaldinho said on Monday that his arrest and subsequent house arrest in Paraguay for using a false passport was \u201ca very hard blow\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would never have imagined myself in such a situation,\u201d said the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain striker in an interview with the Paraguayan newspaper ABC.<\/p>\n
Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto de Assis Moreira are accused of entering Paraguay in possession of false passports.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was completely caught off guard when I found out that these passports were not valid,\u201d Ronaldinho said in his first public statement since his arrest two days after arriving in Asuncion at the beginning of March.<\/p>\n
After more than a month behind bars, the 2005 Ballon d\u2019Or winner and his brother paid bail of $1.6 million (1.48 million euros). Since April 7 they have been under house arrest at the Palmaroga Hotel in the historic centre of the Paraguayan capital.<\/p>\n
Ronaldinho said he hopes to be released \u201cas soon as possible\u201d after cooperating with the Paraguayan police investigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe came to participate in the launch of an online casino and the publication of my autobiography with the company in charge of exploiting the rights for Paraguay,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said he was originally scheduled to be back in Brazil on March 7 for his son\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first thing I would do once I leave Paraguay is to go and give my mother a hug and then digest what this situation has generated,\u201d said Ronaldinho, who turned 40 on March 21.<\/p>\n
Ronaldinho and his brother face up to five years in prison if found guilty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sports Desk: Former Brazilian football star Ronaldinho said on Monday that his arrest and subsequent house arrest in Paraguay for using a false passport was \u201ca very hard blow\u201d. \u201cI would never have imagined myself in such a situation,\u201d said the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain striker in an interview with the Paraguayan newspaper ABC. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":58810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n