Brazil’s Federal Police acted swiftly and arrested the former Brazilian soccer player Robinho. This follows a court order stating he will serve the sentence imposed on him in Italy.
The former Brazilian soccer player Robson de Souza, also known as Robinho, was arrested at his home on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil, to serve a nine-year prison sentence for a gang rape that took place in Italy over a decade ago.
After the arrest, the former soccer player was taken to a police station as expected after Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice announced that the defendant would serve in Brazil the sentence imposed by the Italian justice system.
Hours before the arrest, Brazil’s highest judicial authority denied the former player’s appeal to remain free while all legal avenues against the conviction are exhausted.
Where will Robinho serve his sentence?
It was also reported that Robinho’s defense had requested Brazilian authorities allow the former soccer player to serve his sentence in Italy rather than in his home country until all appeals are exhausted.
However, the president of the South American country, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, addressed the case and stated that he expects the former AC Milan forward to serve his sentence in Brazil. “Robinho has already been convicted in Italy and should have served his sentence here.
He will be tried this month. I hope he pays the price for his irresponsibility (…) Anyone who commits the crime of rape must go to prison. He was luckier than 99% of young Brazilians, earned a lot of money, and became very famous. He didn’t need that,” said the president.
Robinho, who is now 40 years old, will have to face these nine years in prison for the gang rape of an Albanian woman in a Milan nightclub in 2013.
Although it is not officially known in which country he will serve his sentence, all indications suggest it will be in his home country. Brazil’s Constitution prohibits the extradition of its citizens.
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