Disgraced ex-Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness was released from prison on Monday after serving 21 months for tax evasion, Germany’s national news agency quoted a regional official as saying.
The 64-year-old served half of his three-and-a-half year sentence after being convicted in March 2014 of having evaded paying at least 28.5 million euros ($31.5 million) in taxes.
Bavaria’s justice minister announced his release, which had been expected, to DPA news agency but gave no further details.
Hoeness, the son of a German butcher, rose to fame as the driving force behind Bayern’s rise before his fall from grace.
He was granted day release in January 2015, and immediately started working in the club’s youth academy
