On January 19, 2022, Robinho was convicted by the Italian Justice for having participated in the gang rape of a young Albanian woman in a nightclub in Milan in 2013. The former soccer player, feeling the weight of the law on him, decided to emigrate. to Brazil to take refuge, since there is no extradition agreement between the two countries.
The Italian Justice requested in October 2022 that the former soccer player be extradited to serve his sentence in his country. However, the Federal Public Ministry of Brazil has asked the Superior Court of Justice that the sentence be served within its borders, understanding that it would serve to show Brazil’s commitment to the repression of crime and legal cooperation.
The fear of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Rio country is that the former soccer player will end up unpunished despite having acknowledged the commission of the crime. In fact, since he is in his native country, Robinho remains free without any type of official surveillance. The only restriction that has been imposed on him has been the theft of his passport to prevent him from traveling. The State runs the risk of allowing impunity for a crime whose materiality and perpetrator have been internationally recognized if it does not force Robinho to serve his sentence.
These were the facts
Robinho and a group of friends went to a nightclub in Milan in January 2013. The victim was also there, who according to the investigation was invited to drink until he became unconscious or unable to resist. In that state, the group of six people took her to a dressing room to have multiple and consecutive sexual relations with her.
The Italian Penal Code punishes these crimes as stated in its article 609 bis. The former Real Madrid and AC Milan player, among other teams, admitted having had sexual relations with the complainant, but denied having committed sexual violence. Given that Brazil does not have extradition treaties with other countries, the Italian Justice sent them a request to approve the sentence.
