Robinho again in his Manchester City days (Credit: X)
On Thursday, his authorized crew requested that the Supreme Court postpone the sentencing determination, made by Brazil’s highest appeals court docket, to enable time to problem the legality of Robinho’s impending imprisonment.
Lawyers for former Manchester City and Real Madrid footballer Robinho, who faces a nine-year jail sentence in Brazil for rape, mentioned Thursday they filed an attraction with the Supreme Court.
Robinho, 40, was ordered Wednesday to start his jail time “immediately” in Brazil after he was sentenced in an Italian court docket for participating in the 2013 gang rape of a lady at a Milan nightclub, when he performed for AC Milan.
On Thursday, his authorized crew requested that the Supreme Court postpone the sentencing determination, made by Brazil’s highest appeals court docket, to enable time to problem the legality of Robinho’s impending imprisonment.
Robinho was first convicted of rape by an Italian court docket in 2017 and later misplaced an attraction in 2020, earlier than once more having his nine-year jail sentence upheld by Italy’s highest court docket in 2022.
Italian prosecutors issued a world arrest warrant for him however, as Brazil doesn’t extradite its nationals, Italy as an alternative requested he serve the sentence in his dwelling nation.
On Wednesday, judges in a Brasilia court docket dominated by 9 votes to two in favor of Italy’s request, ordering that Robinho should start his nine-year jail sentence “immediately.”
The case signifies a dramatic fall from grace for the footballer, who has 100 caps for Brazil, scoring 28 targets.
He performed alongside stars together with David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid earlier than becoming a member of Manchester City.
In 2009, he was briefly detained in England for an alleged sexual assault of a younger lady, however the prices had been dropped after an investigation.
He sought to return to boyhood membership Santos in 2020 however the membership suspended the deal after strain from followers and sponsors due to his rape conviction.
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