Former soccer star Robinho has started serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil more than 10 years after he was first accused of raping a woman in Italy. The 40-year-old Robinho left his apartment building in the beachfront city of Santos, outside Sao Paulo, in a black police car after losing a bid to remain free pending appeals.
FILE - Atletico Mineiro’s Robinho reacts after failing to score during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Argentina’s Racing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 27, 2016. Former soccer star turned himself in on Thursday, March 21, 2024, to start serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil more than 10 years after he was first accused of raping a woman in Italy.
Judges on Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice in the capital city of Brasilia voted 9-2 to validate the conviction of the former Real Madrid, Manchester City and AC Milan striker. As Brazilian law requires, Robinho is expected to spend his first hours in custody at a hearing with a judge to discuss possible illegalities in the proceedings that led to his arrest.Betting scandal with Ohtani’s interpreter is far from the first in professional sportsBrazil doesn’t extradite nationals, which led Italy to seek his imprisonment in his home nation.to Brazilian authorities in March 2023.
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