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SAO PAULO/BRASILIA. — Brazilian judges ruled on Wednesday to uphold former AC Milan and Brazil striker Robinho’s rape conviction, adding that he must serve his nine-year prison sentence in Brazil.
The trial in Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ), the country’s top court for non-constitutional matters, had a majority rule that Italy’s decision was valid in Brazil.
A Milan court in 2017 found Robinho and five other Brazilians guilty of gang raping a woman in 2013 after plying her with alcohol in a discotheque.
The conviction was confirmed by an appeals court in 2020 and validated by Italy’s Supreme Court in 2022.
The 40-year-old Robinho, whose full name is Robson de Souza, lives in Brazil and has always denied the charges. — Reuters.
Peter Tanyanyiwa
Online Reporter