Brazil’s Federal Public Ministry (MPF) on Tuesday demanded that former footballer Robinho serve a nine-year prison sentence in Brazil for raping a woman in Italy, where he was convicted.
The Ministry of Justice has submitted an opinion to the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) in which it defends the execution of the sentence in Brazil because it understands that it respects national legislation and because it will also serve as proof of the country’s commitment to crime suppression and legal cooperation.
The court is reviewing the Italian government’s request for domestic approval of the conviction because Brazil does not extradite its citizens to serve sentences abroad.
“If Brazil does not fulfill this obligation, the State risks leaving unpunished a crime whose materiality and authorship are internationally recognized,” the MPF said in a statement, referring to the former Brazil international, now 39 years old.
The prosecution also rejected Robinho’s defence, which questioned the legality of the processes through which some of the evidence used to convict the former footballer was collected.
Robinho, who played for clubs including Real Madrid, Manchester City, Milan and Santos, is in Brazil, although without a passport and therefore unable to leave the country. In 2022, Italian justice found him guilty of participating in the gang rape of a young Albanian girl in a Milan nightclub in 2013.
The rape occurred while Robinho was playing for Milan and also involved his friend Ricardo Falco, who was also convicted.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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