
Former soccer star Robinho, known for his time with clubs like Real Madrid, Manchester City, and AC Milan, has started serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil. This comes more than a decade after he was first accused of raping a woman in Italy.
Robinho, now 40 years old, left his apartment in Santos, Brazil, in a police car after losing a bid to remain free pending appeals. The Brazilian high court ruled that he must serve his sentence in Brazil due to his 2017 rape conviction in Italy.