Former Manchester Metropolis footballer Robinho has been arrested at his house in Brazil after a decide dominated he ought to spend 9 years in jail for rape. In November 2017, the 40-year-old was discovered responsible of his involvement in a gang rape in Italy however has continued to stay in Brazil regardless of his conviction by an Italian court docket.
A global arrest warrant was filed by the Italian authorities however Robinho continued to stay as a free man in his homeland. That has now modified after Brazil’s Superior Court docket of Justice (BSCJ) determined to overview Italy’s request for the sentence to be served in Brazil.
9 of the 15 ministers voted in favour of Robinho serving his sentence in his house nation. The vote was over whether or not or not Robinho ought to serve his sentence, not whether or not or not he was responsible.
The previous winger, who on the top of his profession performed for Actual Madrid and Brazil, was arrested by the Federal Police within the state of Sao Paulo on Thursday. He’s anticipated to have a custody listening to on Friday night, with the judgement in his case revealed on Wednesday.
Robinho has made a number of unsuccessful makes an attempt to attraction the conviction over time and continues to insist his innocence.
He was certainly one of six males convicted of sexually assaulting a girl in an Italian nightclub in 2017. The incident had occurred 4 years earlier in 2013.
Robinho subsequently spent the following seven years residing in Brazil. Previous to Wednesday’s ruling, authorities in his homeland had initially argued that any sentence ought to be served in Italy.
Italian legislation dictates that the sentence won’t formally start till the attraction course of has concluded.
Premier League facet Man Metropolis made Robinho the primary megastar of their UAE-backed takeover, which had been accomplished only a month prior in the summertime of 2008. His £32.5million switch remained a British-record spend for 3 years.
Robinho arrived from Actual Madrid however didn’t correctly make the impression on the Premier League that many anticipated, though his document of 16 objectives and 12 assists in 53 appearances was not fully dismal.
He joined AC Milan in 2010, spending 5 years within the Italian capital. He went on to have spells in China and Turkey earlier than ending his profession at former membership Santos. Robinho, who lifted La Liga and Serie A throughout his profession, was capped 100 instances by Brazil and scored 28 objectives for his nation.