Ex-Real Madrid Star Robinho To Serve 9-Year Prison Sentence For Rape In Brazil

Years after being found guilty in an Italian court, Robinho has now been informed that he will serve a nine-year prison sentence for rape in his native country.

The former star of Manchester City, Real Madrid, and AC Milan was found guilty of rape in Italy in 2017, but at that point, he had already left for his native country. He was not granted extradition to Italy, but a tribunal has now decided that he can complete his jail term in Brazil.

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Eight of the 10 votes cast in the Superior Tribunal of Justice (STJ) case were in favour of Robinho’s arrest and serving of the sentence on home soil, but the 40-year-old’s defence lawyers can appeal against the ruling to the STJ and Federal Supreme Court (STF).

Robinho recently claimed his nine-year prison sentence is a result of racism in Italy, telling Record TV: “I was convicted in Italy unjustly for something that did not happen and I have all the evidence to show that. I played four years in Italy and I got tired of seeing stories of racism. Unfortunately it happens today. That happened in 2013 and today we are in 2024, which leads me to believe that the same people who do nothing against racism are the same ones who they condemned at my trial. If my trial were for a white person, it would be totally different, without a doubt.”

The former Santos star is expected to file an appeal contesting the court’s decision to impose the nine-year sentence on him.