On Tuesday, Judges of Milan’s
Court of Appeal sentenced former Brazil star Robinho to nine years in prison
for his involvement in the gang rape of a woman at an Italian
nightclub in 2013.
Robinho was plying his trade at
Serie A club AC Milan when the incident took place and in 2017, was found
guilty along with five others.
The ex-Manchester City
attacker saw his sentence upheld in December 2020 but denied the
charges and launched another appeal.
Robinho has 45 days to lodge a
further appeal with the Supreme Court, Italy’s highest court of appeal.
Earlier on Tuesday, reports from The Sun revealed that Robinho
was sentenced to nine years in jail for ‘brutally humiliating’ and ‘belittling’
an Albanian woman in 2013.
It is suggested that the woman
was celebrating her 23rd birthday at a well-known nightclub in Milan when the
horrific incident occurred.
Robinho and five others were
found guilty of gang rape in 2017 and the former Man City footballer was
charged with a prison sentence in December last year.
Needless to say, the Robinho rape case has shocked football
lovers worldwide.
Robinho, who played for Milan
from 2010-2015 and last played for Santos, pleaded not guilty via his lawyer
and did not appear at any of the court hearings in northern Italy.
However, after the
footballer chose to appeal the verdict, the judges found that Robinho
‘attempted to deceive investigators’ with ‘previously agreed facts’ surrounding
their accounts of what happened.
Hence, the Robinho
jailed sentence was upheld and the footballer’s team now only have one
final chance to overturn their client’s guilty verdict.
Robinho’s contract with Santos
had been suspended prior to the outcome of the recent appeal hearing, with club
president Orlando Rollo confirming the player would be sacked if the verdict is
upheld.
Football career and honours
After impressing at a young age
at Santos, Robinho was picked up by Real Madrid in 2005 and he won two
LaLiga titles with the Spanish giants. He left the Spanish capital in
2008 to join Man City before moving to AC Milan in 2010. The highlight of the
Robinho football career was during his time at the San Siro, where
he won the Serie A and Italian Super Cup.
Amongst other Robinho clubs,
he also had a stint with CSL side FC Guangzhou before spending a
year each with Sivasspor and Istanbul Basaksehir. Robinho returned to
Santos in 2020. He made 100 appearances for the Brazilian national team and
scored 28 goals for the South American giants, winning two Confederations Cups.
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