Italian prosecutors have requested an international arrest warrant for the Brazilian former footballer Robinho after he was convicted of rape.
Officials have asked the Brazilian authorities to extradite the former Real Madrid, Manchester City and AC Milan forward, 38, so he can serve a nine-year jail term.
In 2017, Robinho and five other Brazilians were found guilty of the gang rape of a 22-year-old Albanian woman in a Milan nightclub four years earlier.
In January, the Supreme Court in Rome dismissed Robinho's final appeal against his conviction.
Now, Italian prosecutors have asked their counterparts in Brazil to hand him over so he can serve his prison sentence.
However, this appears unlikely since the Brazilian constitution does not allow the extradition of its citizens.
Under the arrest warrant, Robinho may, however, face arrest if he leaves his country and sets foot in any of the nearly 70 countries Italy does have an extradition agreement with.
During his appeal, Robinho, who was playing for AC Milan at the time, did admit to having 'contact' with the woman but insisted it was consensual.
The Milan Court of Appeals found that Robinho had 'belittled' and 'brutally humiliated' the victim as it upheld the initial sentence in a December 2020 hearing.
Key evidence that was used to initially convict the Brazilian included intercepted phone calls and messages between the footballer and those allegedly involved in the attack, in which Robinho said: 'It makes me laugh because I'm not interested, the woman was drunk, she doesn't even know what happened.'
Robinho's final efforts to overturn the conviction in the Supreme Court last month then failed.
He played 137 matches for Real Madrid, 53 for Man City and 144 for Milan during his playing career that also saw him score 28 goals in 100 appearances for the Brazil national team.
yehabctuz
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What was she doing there?
the f you mean ? she was in a club got drunk and this mf took advantage of her situation and raped her
Mangisha
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You wonder why footballers are most involved in rape cases. That or why women target them a lot. Gang rape? That's sth else.
m4verickplays
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Robinho after seeing the headline when he thought the case was closed!
Yumbcnrstu
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What was she doing there?
Ask your mama. She was there 2.
Cyrus7
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What was she doing there?
Tonbdirsty
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I love Brazil's constitution ๐๐๐๐
Towbclouz
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The thing about wealth and fame is that, it sometimes comes to the unprepared. The individual only wants to enjoy his passion, soccer. If he were a businessman, heโd know how to control himself. What a waste of talent and potential, Robinho and Ronaldinho.
mexicodegreat
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Robinho should had been one of the best.. but I can't just tell his problem
bamcekmrsz
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how "belittling and humiliation" becomes gang rape?
hud22
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once deemed as 'the next pele'. set up by media the next pele against the next maradona in messi. i always laugh with my friend who is madrid fan how ridiculous it became. one is arguably pass his predecessor and one another victim of media label [Crylaugh]
Nebbcekouz
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one of the players that never lived up to expectatiom