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Court Rejects Robinho’s Appeal Of 9 Yrs Rape Conviction
- 11TH DECEMBER, 2020
- Former Brazil international, Robinho on Thursday in Italy lost the court appeal case of nine-year sentence for the rape of a young woman.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that Judges of the Milan Court of Appeal confirmed the sentence for both Robinho and one of his friends for group sexual violence dating back to January 2013.
Robinho was playing for AC Milan at the time of the attack and was tried in absentia in November 2017.
The pair were among a group of six men accused of taking part in the gang rape of a 22-year-old Albanian woman in a Milan nightclub.
They were both ordered to jointly pay the woman damages of 60 000 euros ($73 000).
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The case against the four other accused has been suspended.
Robinho, 36, who has denied the charges, has the right to again appeal the sentence within 90 days.
Robinho was forced to pull out of a move back to his first club Santos last October amid pressure brought to bear on the Brazilian club by sponsors.
Television channel Globo Sports released excerpts of a recording Italian prosecutors used to secure their conviction, in which the player purportedly says,
“I’m laughing because I don’t care. The woman was completely drunk. She doesn’t even know what happened.”
The former Real Madrid and Manchester City forward has had a nine year prison sentence upheld for his part in a gang rape. https://t.co/87pBZfCf6o
— SPORTbible (@sportbible) December 10, 2020
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