The Italian Ministry of Justice has forwarded to Brazil the extradition request for Robinho , the former AC Milan striker definitively sentenced together with a friend to 9 years in prison for group sexual violence.
The victim was a 23-year-old Albanian, who was busted in a club in Milan on the night of January 22, 2013 . In recent months, the Milan Public Prosecutor has issued an international arrest warrant, not executed, for the Brazilian. His friend Ricardo Falco, convicted, is also in Brazil.
In recent months there have been contacts between the Italian and Brazilian authorities, but it is very likely that the two will not be handed over because the Constitution of Brazil does not allow the extradition of its citizens . However, it is up to the Brazilian authorities to respond to the Italian request.
The Supreme Court had made definitive the 9 years decided by the Milanese Court . For the former attacker and his friend, no precautionary measures had been issued during the investigation, while other men, who would have taken part in the violence, had not been found.
According to what was reconstructed by the investigations, the former star of the green-gold national team would have made the girl drink to the point of making her unconscious, then the group would have raped her in turn in a wardrobe of a nightclub in Milan, where the young victim was celebrating the birthday.
The former striker and his "accomplices" (four are untraceable), the Court wrote in the grounds for the sentence, showed "particular contempt" towards the victim, who " was brutally humiliated ".
For this affair, Santos, the carioca team for which the player had returned to play, had decided to suspend Robinho's contract , after wiretapping of the trial had been published in the Brazilian media. The footballer is 38 years old, he played for four seasons with the Rossoneri, between 2010 and 2014.
