Lawyers for the 40-year-old Robinho said they will file a request for habeas corpus at Brazil\u2019s Supreme Court so he can remain free while he appeals.<\/p>\n
A Brazilian high court ruled Wednesday that former soccer star Robinho must serve his nine-year prison sentence in his home nation as a result of his 2017 rape conviction in Italy.<\/p>\n
Lawyers for the 40-year-old Robinho said they will file a request for habeas corpus at Brazil\u2019s Supreme Court so he can remain free while he appeals.<\/p>\n
Judges on Brazil\u2019s Superior Court of Justice in the capital city of Brasilia voted 9-2 to validate the conviction of the former Real Madrid, Manchester City and AC Milan striker.<\/p>\n
Robinho was sentenced in Italy to nine years in prison for his part in a group sexual assault in 2013 when he played for AC Milan.<\/p>\n
Brazil doesn\u2019t extradite nationals, which led Italy to seek his imprisonment in his home nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrazil cannot be a shelter for criminals,\u201d Judge Mauro Campbell Marques said during his vote.<\/p>\n
Judges wrapped up their voting in less than a day. Most Brazilian legal analysts expected the court\u2019s decision to take days, possibly weeks.<\/p>\n
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The swift decision came on the same day a Spanish court decided that Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves could leave prison if he pays a bail of one million euros ($1.1 million) and hands over his passports while awaiting the appeal of his conviction for raping a woman in Barcelona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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