Former soccer star Robinho has been arrested in Brazil, greater than 10 years after he was first accused of raping a girl in Italy.
The previous Manchester Metropolis participant will begin his nine-year jail time period after a courtroom determination this week authorised the switch of the sentence from Italy.
In an announcement, police mentioned Robinho, 40, will endure a medical examination and a custody listening to earlier than being despatched to jail.
Earlier on Thursday, Supreme Court docket Justice Luiz Fux denied Robinho a habeas corpus that will have allowed him to stay free till he not has appeals pending.
The previous footballer’s attorneys desire a new trial in Brazil on the grounds of nationwide sovereignty.
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A Brazilian excessive courtroom dominated on Wednesday that Robinho should serve his sentence in his house nation on account of his 2017 rape conviction in Italy.
Judges on Brazil’s Superior Court docket of Justice within the capital metropolis of Brasilia voted 9-2 to validate the conviction of the previous Actual Madrid, Manchester Metropolis and AC Milan striker.
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Robinho was sentenced in Italy to 9 years in jail for his half in a gaggle sexual assault in 2013 when he performed for AC Milan.
Brazil doesn’t extradite nationals, which led Italy to hunt his imprisonment in his house nation.
The Brazilian courtroom didn’t reopen discussions in regards to the rape conviction, focusing solely on whether or not the sentence in Italy was legitimate in Brazil.
