With a majority of votes in the STJ, Robinho will serve a sentence for rape in Brazil

This Wednesday, the 20th, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) determined that Robinho, convicted of rape in Italy, must serve his sentence in Brazil. The decision, based on the vote of the case rapporteur, minister Francisco Falcaowas supported by eight ministers, with only two dissenting votes.

The Special Court of the STJ – made up of 15 ministers – also ordered Robinho’s immediate arrest, a decision that must be carried out by the Federal Court of Santos, the city where the former player resides. The athlete’s defense intends to appeal the decision and request that he await the judgment of this appeal in freedom.

It is worth remembering that in December 2020, Robinho received a nine-year prison sentence for a case of sexual violence against a young woman of Albanian origin in 2013, which allegedly occurred in a nightclub in Milan.

The player, however, did not serve his sentence in the country, because, at the time of his conviction, the Italian court asked that he be extradited to serve his sentence in the country in which he was convicted. As Brazil does not extradite its citizens, Italy requested that the sentence be carried out here.

The final votes that determined the execution of the sentence in Brazil were given by the ministers Isabel Gallotti, Antonio Carlos Ferreira It is Sebastian Reis – all with favorable votes.

In addition to them, the ministers Francisco Falcao (case rapporteur), Humberto Martins, Herman Benjamin, Luís Felipe Salomão, Mauro Campbell Marques It is Ricardo Villas Boas voted in favor of serving the sentence in the country. Already Raul Araújo It is Benedito Gonçalves voted against.

With the approval of the Italian court’s request, an arrest warrant will be issued against the former player, and he will be sent to serve his sentence in a Brazilian prison. Robinho will be able to request a habeas corpus from the STF and will also have the option of appealing the decision to the STJ itself.

Find out what Robinho has been doing while awaiting trial

Convicted of rape in Italy, the former player Robinho He lived normal days while awaiting the STJ’s decision on his conviction. He was convicted of the crime in 2022 and since then has continued his routine as a resident of Baixada Santista, in São Paulo.

The session of the Special Court of the STJ (Superior Court of Justice) was scheduled for this Wednesday, 20th, from 2pm. With the approval, Italy asked that the former athlete serve the sentence for the crime in Brazil.

Recently, the athlete has been alternating his days between his luxurious home in Guarujá and a building in Santos. He was even seen on the beaches of São Paulo playing footvolley with his friends before the Italian court’s decision. However, according to information from the G1, at this moment his preference is to gather his colleagues on his private court in Jardim Acapulco, also in Guarujá. Check out the details!