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Ronaldinho Investigated in Paraguay on Allegations He Used a Fake Passport

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Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho is being investigated in Paraguay on allegations of using a doctored passport.

ESPN Brasil have attained a police report, with the former footballer and his brother said to be under obligation to report to prosecutors on Thursday.

"[Ronaldinho and his brother] are not being detained, they are still under judicial investigation and they have to testify," Paraguay's interior minister Euclides Acevedo said to ESPN Brasil. "Then it will be decided whether they will be arrested or not."

The 39-year-old and his brother Roberto were held at the Resort Yacht & Golf Club Paraguayo on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Interior of Paraguay (h/t Goal).