Ronaldinho facing financial troubles in Brazil
July 31, 2019 00:00:00
SAO PAULO, July 30 (Reuters): A court in southern Brazil has forbidden ex-Barcelona striker Ronaldinho from selling 57 of his real estate properties due to an unpaid environmental fine and other debts, a Brazilian newspaper reported on Monday.
The Folha de S.Paulo paper said the former World Player of the Year owes 9.5 million reais ($2.51 million) in unpaid environmental fines after illegally building a pier at his lake house in Porto Alegre.
Creditors have also taken action to recover 7.8 million reais in other debts, Folha said.
Authorities have confiscated Ronaldinho's passport until the cases are resolved, the newspaper added.