Robinho’s defense tells the STJ which player will deliver a passport to Justiça

The defense of the player Robson de Souza, known as Robinho, agreed to deliver his passport, second a document sent to the Superior Court of Justice (STJ).

“YouI see that this has no claim to resist such solicitation, voluntarily require that Deign V. Exa. determine what do you owe be feita to delivered referred documentsuggesting from logo to delegation da Polícia Federal em Santos/SP”, says the document redacted by the defense of Robinho.

The decision occurred after a determination by Minister Francisco Falcão, on the afternoon of this fifth fair (23), so that the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) would manifest on the request to retain the passport of the player feito for the Brazilian Women’s Union.

A visa measure to prevent him from leaving Brazil, to ensure the “application of the Brazilian law, in view of the risk of frustration of compliance with the decision with the departure of the Required from the national territory.”

At the terça-feira (21), the magistrate gave 15 days for Robinho to present his answer to the action that requests the execution of the sentence in Brazil, required by the Italian government – ​​where he was sentenced to nine years in prison for rape.

The Brazilian Constitution does not allow the extradition of born citizens. So, for the athlete to serve the penalty, the Italian Ministry of Justice requires the approval of the penalty in Brazil.

Relembre or case

The ex-assailant Robinho received a 9-year prison sentence in December 2020, in a case that investigated sexual violence against a young man of Albanian origin, in 2013.

On January 19, 2022, Robinho has a confirmed conviction by the highest instance of Italian Justice. A few months later, on February 16, an international arrest warrant was issued.

The accusation used recorded audio from a shield installed in a car, which flagged a conversation between Robinho and his friends, or which made it possible to confirm the victim’s version of the collective rape.

As the Brazilian Constitution does not allow the extradition of Brazilians, he cannot be imprisoned and deported to Italy. The Italian justice requested, therefore, the execution of the sentence of the former athlete in Brazilian territory.

The case now runs in the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), under the rapporteurship of Minister Francisco Falcão. The approval of the sentence is not a new judgment of the case, seeking only to analyze the formal requirements for recognition and execution of the decision in Brazil.

In an exclusive interview with CNN, or lawyer gives Vitima says that he expects Robinho to comply with the penalty in Brazil. “For us it is absolutely indifferent whether the penalty is served in Italy or not in Brazil. The important thing is that it be fulfilled. But we are completely confident”, affirmed Jacopo Gnocchi.

*Posted by Fernanda Pinotti