(15 May 2019) Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was released from police detention on Wednesday, a week after his arrest in a corruption probe. It was the second time he'd been detained since stepping down at the start of this year.
His lawyer, Eduardo Carnelos, told reporters outside Temer's house in Sao Paulo that prosecutors had unjustly accused him and had no evidence of any crimes.
A day earlier, four judges had voted unanimously to temporarily release the 78-year-old politician, arguing that the circumstances did not justify preventive detention.
Instead, Temer has to comply with a series of lighter preventive measures, such as handing over his passport.
The superior court justices will deliver a final decision at a later date.
Temer is being investigated for allegedly receiving bribes from a construction company in exchange for a government contract to build a nuclear power plant in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
He denies any wrongdoing.
The investigation is part of the "Car Wash" probe that begun in 2014 and has unveiled complex corruption schemes involving high-ranking politicians and businessmen.
Also as part of "Car Wash," former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was found guilty of corruption and is currently serving a sentence of eight years and 10 months.
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