The Italian Ministry of Justice has issued an international arrest warrant against Robinhoformer striker for AC Milan and the Brazil national football team, after the country’s highest court upheld her conviction for rape, a ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. The ministry has asked the global police agency Interpol to carry out the order.
Robinho, whose full name is Robson de Souza, lives in Brazil. The South American country does not extradite its citizens, meaning Robinho would only face arrest if he traveled abroad.
A Milan court found Robinho and five other Brazilians guilty in 2017 of gang-raping a woman after getting her drunk at a nightclub. The conviction was upheld by an appeal court in 2020 and validated by the Italian Supreme Court last month.
Robinho, 38, has always denied the accusation. The attacker was called up 100 times by the Brazilian national team and played for clubs such as Real Madrid, Manchester City and AC Milan.
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