The Italian Supreme Court has confirmed this Wednesday the condemnation a nine years in prison to former Brazilian player Robson de Souza ‘Robinho‘ per raping a 23-year-old girl at a nightclub in Milan in 2013, when he was wearing the Milan shirt.
The Italian Supreme Court rejected the appeal presented by Robinho’s lawyers, who defended the footballer by assuring that the girl had voluntary sexual relations with the Brazilian, according to Italian media.
Important for the final sentence were some intercepted phone calls in which Robinho asserted: “It makes me laugh because I don’t care, the woman was drunk, she doesn’t know what happened,” the sources added.
Robinho’s conviction was upheld in 2020 by the Milan Court of Appeal, which ruled that the former Real Madrid or Manchester City player, among others, “brutally humiliated” the victim and deflected. voluntarily research.
Robinho played for Milan in 2013 and played alongside a friend. Riccardo Falco, in the rape of a 23-year-old girl who was celebrating her birthday at a well-known Milanese venue. Robinho denied the allegations in 2014, when the news broke that Italy was investigating him for these facts.
In 2009, while playing in the Premier League, it was learned that Robinho was being investigated by police for one alleged rape at a Leeds nightclub, although he was later released on bail after interrogation. The footballer denied these allegations.
Italian justice should ask Brazil for permission to extradite the footballer, who does not reside in Italy, according to local media.
