Robinho awaits fate on serving nine-year rape sentence in Brazil

Robinho remains free despite his conviction for being among a group of six men who gang raped a young Albanian woman in 2013.

striker Robinho will serve his nine-year rape sentence, handed down by an Italian court, in the South American country.Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice will examine the Italian request to approve the prison sentence that was imposed in 2017 and ratified in 2022.

His sentence was upheld by Italy’s highest court, after which Italian prosecutors issued an international arrest warrant. Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that he hopes Robinho can “serve” the sentence on Brazilian soil.According to Brazilian media, magistrates are expected to approve Italy’s request.

In February, former Brazil international full-back Alves, 40, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for raping a woman in a nightclub in Barcelona.

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