He Supreme Court of Brazil This Friday a majority was reached against the release of the former footballer Robson de Souza ‘Robinho’, who has been in prison since last March serving a nine-year sentence for rape.
The request of ‘habeas corpus’ She is being tried in a telematic hearing, in which so far six judges have voted in favor of keeping Robinho in jail and one has voted for his release.
The vote of four magistrates is pending, who have until the 26th to make a statement, but who will not be able to change the result of the vote, which is decided by a simple majority.
The defense of Robinho He requested his release, alleging that the prison order decreed by a Brazilian court had violated constitutional norms, because the latest appeals presented by the former player before the high court have not been judged. However, the majority of the magistrates of the Supreme He rejected that interpretation.
The last of them, the judge Alexandre de Moraes, He stated in his vote, released this Friday, that the sentence is final and stressed that it is not up to the Brazilian justice system to re-judge the facts or evaluate the decision of the Italian court, in which “the criminal responsibility” of Robinho in the rape was definitively established.
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The former player of clubs like Real Madrid, Milan and Manchester City He was convicted in Italy in 2017 for a gang rape of a woman committed in 2013 in Milan.
Robinho He could not be imprisoned then because, before the nine-year prison sentence was announced, he returned to Brazil, where the Constitution prohibits the extradition of its nationals.
The former striker was arrested in Saints on March 21 after a Brazilian court approved the sentence and a day later He entered the Tremembé prisonin the state of São Paulo. After the rejection of the ‘habeas corpus’, Robinho will continue in his defense while the Supreme analyzes the appeals presented by his defense.
