Former soccer player, Brazilian Robinho ended his 10-day isolation period in Penitentiary Number 2 of Tremembé, which is located in Brazil, introducing a new phase in what has been the sentence that the former Rio star must pay a total of 9 years in prison for the crime in which he was found guilty of sexual abuse, an event that occurred in 2013 in Italy.
With the update of his confinement regime, the former Real Madrid, Manchester City and AC Milan forward He is sharing an eight-square-meter cell with another detainee and was authorized to receive family visits only on weekends, according to information from the Secretary of Penitentiary Administration (SAP) of San Pablo, which was provided to the newspaper O Balloon.
Reported for rape
The former striker received a sentence in Italy in 2017 for a group rape to a young woman from Albania in a Milan nightclub in Italy in 2013 and the same was confirmed by three Italian judicial instances until reaching a final decision by the 3rd Criminal Section of the Supreme Court of Cassation of Rome in January 2022, recently He has been in prison since March 21, 2024.
Brazilian justice after everything related to the sentence ruled by the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), made the decision to begin serving Robinho’s sentence in his country of origin, given that it does not grant the extradition of his natural compatriots.
Robinho’s defense has tried without any success to obtain the review of his detention through a habeas corpus request and is evaluating various legal resources to dispute compliance with the sentence.
A better detention center for Robinho
Brazilian media assure that the conditions of the Penitentiary Complex where Robinho must pay his sentence, is one of the best and is undoubtedly much better than other public prisons in the state of São Paulo. The former player will be able to access music and English classes, as well as being able to participate in chess and soccer tournaments.
The career of the Brazilian player
Robinho took his first steps in his career with Santos where he managed to score a total of 106 goals in 249 games played, in addition to being able to win two Brazilian championships and managed to participate in a final of the Copa Libertadores. His great performance earned him the interest of Real Madrid of Spain who signed him in the 2004 season.
In addition to this, he also went through the ranks of Manchester City in the Premier League. and AC Milan of Serie A in Italy, the country where the incident occurred for which he is currently behind bars. Despite being accused of rape, Robinho continued to play and went through the ranks of Guangzhou Evergrande of China, Atlético Mineiro of Brazil and retired in Turkey, where he wore the shirts of Sivasspor and Istanbul Basaksehir.
In reality, he had a last stage in Santos, but having been quite close to the whole rape issue Everything became complicated for the Brazilian forward. Upon his arrival at Santos, a sponsor broke his contract with the club and they ended up terminating the relationship days later. With the Brazilian national team, he won a Copa América, two Confederations Cups and played in two World Cups (2006 and 2010).
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