Brazil's authorized system will resolve on Wednesday whether or not the previous Manchester Metropolis and Actual Madrid striker will take the stand Robinho will serve his nine-year rape sentence, handed down by an Italian courtroom, within the South American nation.
Brazil's Supreme Court docket (STJ) will study Italy's request to approve the jail sentence imposed in 2017 and ratified in 2022.
“I hope I can have the voice right here in Brazil that I didn't have there,” Robinho, who has protested his innocence, stated in an interview with Brazilian community TV File on Sunday.
Robson de Souza, popularly often known as 'Robinho', stays free regardless of his conviction for being a part of a bunch of six males who raped a younger Albanian lady in 2013 as she celebrated her twenty third birthday at a Milan nightclub.
Former Brazil worldwide Robinho performed his membership soccer for AC Milan on the time.
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His sentence was upheld by Italy's highest courtroom, after which Italian prosecutors issued a world arrest warrant.
Nevertheless, Brazil doesn’t extradite its nationals, and Italy requested that Robinho ought to serve his sentence in his house nation as a substitute.
On Sunday, Robinho accused the Italian authorized system of “racism”.
“It was consensual,” Robinho informed TV File.
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“I by no means denied it (the assembly). I might have denied it as a result of my DNA wasn't there, however I'm not a liar.
“I performed in Italy for 4 years and I obtained bored with seeing tales of racism. The identical individuals who do nothing about racism, which I reject, are those who condemned me.”
If the ruling goes towards him, the 40-year-old might nonetheless stay free pending an attraction to Brazil's Supreme Court docket.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has stated he hopes Robinho can 'serve' the sentence on Brazilian soil.
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