Former footballer Robson de Souza ‘Robinho’ He entered the Brazilian prison at dawn this Friday where he will serve the nine-year prison sentence imposed by the Italian Justice for participating in a gang rape.
The former Real Madrid player arrived at the Tremembé prison, located about 150 kilometers from the city of São Paulo, after midnight and after undergoing the protocol medical examinations.
Tremembé, which houses some 400 prisonersis known in Brazil as the “celebrity prison” for being the place where the Brazilian Justice sends renowned convicts.
Robinho was arrested on Thursday at his home near the port city of Santos, on whose soccer team he trained as a player, after the magistrate Luis Fuxof the Supreme Court, rejected a request for habeas corpus.
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The former soccer player was convicted in Italy in 2017 for a group rape of a young Albanian woman in a Milan nightclub in 2013, but he had lived free until now in Brazil, where the Constitution prohibits extradition of their nationals.
However, this Wednesday the Superior Court of Justice, the highest court for non-constitutional matters, decided by a large majority that Robinho serve his sentence in Brazil and ordered his immediate and closed prison.
The Court held that it was not up to it to review the sentence already issued final by an Italian court nor open a new trial, but only to review whether all the requirements were met to accept Italy’s request for the athlete to serve his sentence in Brazil.
Robinho’s lawyers They argued that he should be prosecuted again in the South American country because the Italian sentence could not be applied, an argument that was rejected by the magistrates.
2024-03-22 12:30:01
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