Ronaldino under house arrest following passport fraud allegations in Paraguay

Ronaldinho was released from a high-security prison in the Paraguayan capital on Tuesday to be under house arrest in a hotel downtown Asuncion, decided a judge.

The retired Brazilian soccer star, 40, is under investigation for the crime of possessing a passport with false data, which he entered Paraguay last month.

In a press conference, judge Gustavo Amarilla said that a judicial account was open, where one of the defense lawyers deposited the sum of $1.6 million as bail for the former member of the Brazilian team, but for his brother Roberto de Assis Moreira.

Ronaldinho arrived in Paraguay on March 4, to attend an event organized by a Non-governmental organization as well as launch the Spanish edition of his autobiography "Life genius".