“The appeal is inadmissible,” said a spokesman for Italy’s highest court on Wednesday in Rome. The judges thus confirmed the judgments of the lower courts. Whether the 37-year-old will serve his sentence remained open.
Rome. For this, the Italian judiciary would have to apply for extradition from the Brazilian authorities. Robinho was first sentenced to nine years in prison in Milan in 2017. The ex-AC Milan striker and five other men raped a woman in a disco in the northern Italian metropolis in 2013, the court ruled at the time. During the rape, they are said to have made the then 23-year-old drunk and defenseless. The player’s defense attorney announced at the time that he would appeal the verdict.
In October 2020, under pressure from sponsors and fans, the contract between FC Santos and Robinho suspended after only about a week and then dissolved. The Brazilian sports portal “Globoesporte” had published the content of audio recordings with piquant details and explicit statements that the Italian judiciary opposed to the verdict Robinho should have used. In a letter from the lawyers, from which “Globoesporte” quoted, pointed out Robinho the allegations back then again. He had always entered into sexual relationships consensually.
Robinhowho lives in Brazil cannot be extradited, the country’s constitution prohibits the extradition of Brazilians. If he stays there, it’s almost impossible that Robinho being arrested to serve the sentence. Unless he travels abroad and Italy issues an international arrest warrant.
Source: Nachrichten
