Brazil’s Federal Court today issued an arrest warrant for former footballer Robinho so he can begin serving a nine-year prison sentence for rape in Italy, officials said.
The arrest order was issued by the Sao Paulo State Federal Court after a judge at Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by Robinho’s defense and ruled that the former footballer must go to prison to serve a nine-year sentence. sentenced by Italian justice for rape.
According to local press reports, the 40-year-old former player could be arrested at any time, and the execution of the order depends on the federal police.
Judge Louis Fuchs categorically rejected the habeas corpus petition brought by the former player’s defense and ruled that the verdict of the Supreme Court and Justice, which on Wednesday ruled that Robinho must serve the sentence imposed in Italy for his participation in the collective rape of a young Albanian girl, carried out in Brazil.
“Given the existence of a final and incontestable verdict and the possibility of transfer of execution provided for in the Brazilian legal system, from this point of view there is no unlawful coercion or violence against the freedom of movement of the patient,” Fuchs wrote, according to your decision.
In a conversation with the newspaper O GLOBO, the lawyer of the former Real Madrid, Manchester City, Milan and Santos player José Eduardo Alckmina assured that Robinho will comply with any decision.
“He will not resist arrest. No, no, not at all. If a court order comes, he will immediately comply with it, appear to the authorities,” he assured, adding that “he will follow the law, even if he shows that he is a law-abiding person.”
Luis Fuchs’ decision came after Brazil’s Supreme Court (STJ) on Wednesday ordered former footballer Robinho to serve in the country the nine-year prison sentence he was sentenced to in Italy in 2017 for rape.
The STJ Court, with nine votes in favor and two against, confirmed the sentence handed down by the Italian justice system for a crime committed in 2013.
A special jury composed of STJ’s most senior ministers also ruled that Robson de Souza, known worldwide as Robinho, should be immediately arrested and that the Federal Court of Santos, where the former footballer currently resides, should implement this decision.
The 40-year-old former player is in Brazil, although he does not have a passport and is therefore prohibited from leaving 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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