Robinho to serve jail sentence for gang rape, Brazil’s supreme court rules

Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered former Manchester City star Robinho to serve his nine-year jail sentence for a gang rape in Italy. Robinho was convicted in November 2017 of sexually assaulting an Albanian woman in a club. He has avoided jail for seven years while living in Sao Paulo. He has accused the Italian justice system of racism and hopes to have a voice in Brazil.

Zor

March 21, 2024

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled that former Manchester City star Robinho must serve his nine-year jail sentence for a gang rape committed in Italy. Italy issued an international arrest warrant for Robinho, but he has avoided jail for seven years while living in Sao Paulo. However, the Supreme Court has now decided that he should serve his sentence in Brazil.

Robinho was one of a group of six men convicted of sexually assaulting an Albanian woman in a club on January 22, 2013, during his stint for AC Milan. He was found guilty in November 2017 in an Italian court and has made several failed attempts over the years to appeal. Under Italian law, his sentence will not begin until the appeal processes have been completed.

Robinho, who has claimed he is innocent, accused the Italian justice system of “racism” and said the encounter in 2013 was “consensual”. He told a Brazilian network TV Record on Sunday: “I hope that here in Brazil I can have the voice that I didn’t have there.”