FORMER Man City star Robinho will finally serve his nine-year jail sentence for a gang-rape committed in Italy, Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled.Convicted in 2017, he will now serve his sentence in Brazil at the request of Italian authorities in an unprecedented move.But today Brazil's Superior Court of Justice has taken a fresh look at Italy's request.
Meaning that until today, the 40-year-old would have only faced actual arrest if he travelled abroad.Robinho was found guilty of sexual assault by an Italian court and sentenced to nine years in prison. However, he denied the charges and appealed the verdict.After the appeal process, Robinho's sentence was upheld by the Italian court. But due to the statute of limitations in Italy, he was not extradited to serve his sentence.
"I conclude by considering the need to understand that all individual guarantees have been given and that these are women’s human rights, in a context that normalises and trivialises rape and violence against them.José Eduardo Rangel De Alckmin, Robinho's lawyer, opened his argument by citing the Constitution and arguing that Robinho should be tried in Brazil.“I insist that this does not represent, in any way, impunity.
“The idea that the accused group induced the victim to drink to take advantage of her. But in sentencing another fact is mentioned, embarrassment, when the person is unable to react. “I remember that, in this context, the rules of the foreign country do not have to be the same as those of the country in which the decision is carried out. It is an elementary rule of international cooperation.”Robinho, who has claimed he is innocent, accused the Italian justice system of "racism" and said the encounter in 2013 was "consensual".