Brazilian judges maintain Italian court’s judgment and state Robinho should serve the sentence in his home nation.
Brazilian judges have actually ruled to support previous air conditioner Milan and Brazil striker Robinho’s rape conviction, including that he should serve his nine-year jail sentence in Brazil.
The trial in Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ), the nation’s leading court for nonconstitutional matters, had a bulk guideline that Italy’s choice stood in Brazil.
A Milan court in 2017 discovered Robinho and 5 other Brazilians guilty of gang-raping a female in 2013 after plying her with alcohol in a discotheque.
The conviction was verified by an appeals court in 2020 and verified by Italy’s Supreme Court in 2022. Robinho who had actually bet Real Madrid and Manchester City, resides in Brazil and has actually constantly rejected the charges.
Brazil does not normally extradite its people, so Italy asked for in 2015 that Robinho serve his jail sentence in his home nation.
Robinho’s legal representative, Jose Eduardo Alckmin, informed the court at the start of Wednesday’s hearing that his customer desires a retrial in Brazil on the premises of nationwide sovereignty.
“Robinho is offered for our judiciary. If an officer arrives, he will comply. He will not oppose,” the attorney stated. The very first judge to vote, Francisco Falcao, stated Robinho ought to serve his sentence in Brazil. He included that the previous gamer can not go unpunished which diplomatic friction in between Brazil and Italy might emerge if the sentence was not served.
“There’s no challenge to confirm the execution of his sentence. It was verified by a court in Milan, which is the qualified authority in this case,” Falcao stated. “The conviction is last. The accused was not prosecuted in lack in Italy, he had representation.”
Judge Raul Araujo, among the 2 who disagreed with the bulk, argued Robinho might not be imprisoned in Brazil for a conviction in Italy.
Judge Isabel Gallotti, among the couple of females in the court, disagreed. “This foreign sentence is long, well-founded and well-reasoned,” Gallotti stated.
‘We will punch her in the face’
Robinho resides in Santos, outdoors Sao Paulo. He relinquished his passport to Brazilian authorities in March 2023. He continues to reject any misdeed and insists his sexual relations with the female at a Milan bar were consensual.
The court likewise ruled it would depend on authorities in Santos to choose when and how to prison Robinho.
The previous footballer stated in an interview with television Record aired on Sunday that bigotry was to blame for his conviction in Italy.
“I played just 4 years in Italy and I got tired of seeing stories of bigotry. That exists to this day. [The rape case] remained in 2013, now we remain in 2024. The very same individuals who do not do anything versus it [racism] are the ones who sentenced me,” Robinho stated.
Federal district attorney Hindemburgo Chateaubriand advised the judges throughout the session of some audio recordings acquired by Italian authorities in which Robinho went over the case with pals.
“I can’t even state all he stated since it would be too repulsive for this court,” Chateaubriand stated.
Brazilian media released a few of those recordings in 2015.
“We will punch her in her face. You will punch her in the face and state; ‘What did I do to you?'” Robinho informs a pal in among the excerpts, throughout which he declares he did not participate in the rape.
In another discussion, Robinho states: “That is why I am chuckling, I do not care at all.”
Robinho increased to nationwide popularity in 2002 as an 18-year-old who led Santos to its very first nationwide title considering that the football terrific Pele’s age. He did it once again 2 years later on as he ended up being a respected scorer with 21 objectives in 36 matches in the Brazilian league.
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