Former soccer star Robinho, aged 40, has commenced serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil after being accused more than a decade ago of raping a woman in Italy. The Brazilian high court ruled that Robinho must serve his sentence in Brazil following his 2017 rape conviction in Italy.
Robinho, a former player for Real Madrid, Manchester City, and AC Milan, was sentenced to nine years in prison for his involvement in a group sexual assault in 2013 while playing for AC Milan. Despite his appeals, the Superior Court of Justice in Brasilia voted 9-2 to uphold his conviction.
