Robinho again in his Manchester Metropolis days (Credit score: X)
On Thursday, his authorized group requested that the Supreme Court docket postpone the sentencing choice, made by Brazil’s highest appeals court docket, to permit time to problem the legality of Robinho’s impending imprisonment.
Legal professionals for former Manchester Metropolis and Actual Madrid footballer Robinho, who faces a nine-year jail sentence in Brazil for rape, mentioned Thursday they filed an attraction with the Supreme Court docket.
Robinho, 40, was ordered Wednesday to start his jail time “instantly” in Brazil after he was sentenced in an Italian court docket for participating within the 2013 gang rape of a lady at a Milan nightclub, when he performed for AC Milan.
On Thursday, his authorized group requested that the Supreme Court docket postpone the sentencing choice, made by Brazil’s highest appeals court docket, to permit 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 global arrest warrant for him however, as Brazil doesn’t extradite its nationals, Italy as an alternative requested he serve the sentence in his house nation.
On Wednesday, judges in a Brasilia court docket dominated by 9 votes to 2 in favor of Italy’s request, ordering that Robinho should start his nine-year jail sentence “instantly.”
The case signifies a dramatic fall from grace for the footballer, who has 100 caps for Brazil, scoring 28 objectives.
He performed alongside stars together with David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane at Actual Madrid earlier than becoming a member of Manchester Metropolis.
In 2009, he was briefly detained in England for an alleged sexual assault of a younger lady, however the expenses 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 because of his rape conviction.
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