Football player Robinho was ordered to serve his prison order in Brazil. However, the defense asks him not to be arrested immediately.
The soccer player Robinho He still doesn’t know when he will be arrested. This week, the Federal Supreme Court ordered him to serve his sentence for the rape charge in Brazil – the conviction took place in Italy. However, his defense filed a request for immediate arrest not to take place.
According to the G1 website, the athlete’s arrest requested that the execution of the sentence be suspended until all possibilities for appeal are closed. “In the case in question, the patient awaited the entire approval process in freedom and never posed a risk to the application of national legislation, therefore his freedom is strict until the discussion becomes final”, revealed his lawyer.
Robinho was accused by an Albanian woman of committing rape in a Milan nightclub in 2013. He was tried and sentenced in Italian court to serve a 9-year prison sentence. However, he was not detained because he was in Brazil. Therefore, the Italian courts requested that the Brazilian courts carry out the sentence. The Superior Court of Justice accepted the request and ordered that he be detained to serve his sentence.
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!
Source: Caras
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