Robinho: International arrest warrant issued for former Manchester City and AC Milan forward after rape conviction
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Published 16/02/2022 at 14:15 GMT
Former Manchester City, AC Milan and Brazil forward Robinho was found guilty in 2017 of raping a woman and given a nine-year prison sentence. He had the sentence upheld by Italy's top court in January and an international arrest warrant has been issued. However, Robinho may not serve the sentence as he is in Brazil, which does not extradite its citizens.
Robinho spent four seasons with AC Milan
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Italy's justice ministry has issued an international arrest warrant for former Manchester City and AC Milan forward Robinho.
In 2017 the Brazilian, along with other individuals, was found guilty of raping a woman and given a nine-year prison sentence.
The Italian Supreme Court upheld Robinho's conviction earlier this year after rejecting an appeal, and now Italy’s justice ministry has issued an arrest warrant.
However, Robinho may never serve the sentence as Brazil does not extradite its citizens.
That means he could only be arrested if he travelled abroad to a country that does extradite to Italy, which is nearly 70 nations, including the United States, Argentina and anywhere in the European Union.
The Justice Ministry has asked global police agency Interpol to enact the warrant.
Robinho, who was capped 100 times by Brazil, has always denied the charge against him.
Robinho joined Manchester City from Real Madrid for £32.5m in 2008. He left City in January 2010 to join AC Milan, where he spent four seasons before spells with Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande, Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro, and Turkish clubs Sivasspor and Istanbul Basaksehir.
He has not played a competitive game since 2020.
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