On January 20, Beijing time, according to the news of Brazilian media UOL, the appeal of the 37-year-old former Brazilian international Robinho was rejected again, and he will be sentenced to up to 9 years in prison for sexual assault.
The last time the 37-year-old appeared on the pitch was in July 2020. After leaving Turkish Super League side Istanbul in October, he had already signed a contract with Santos in the Bajia. But because of the sexual assault scandal, the major sponsors threatened to withdraw, and Santos was forced to immediately terminate his contract with Robinho.
Robinho's sexual assault case occurred in 2013. While still playing at AC Milan, Robinho was accused of sexually assaulting an Albanian lady with five companions at a local nightclub in Milan. Until the end of 2017, Robinho was sentenced to 9 years in prison. Robinho denied sexual assault, insisting it was voluntary. Subsequently, Robinho's first two appeals were rejected by the local court in Milan. Now, Robinho's appeal has failed again, this time rejected by the Supreme Court of Rome, upholding the sentence of 2-9 years in prison. It is understood that although Robinho is in Brazil, the Italian side can still ask the other party to serve a sentence in a Brazilian prison.
Because of this sexual assault case, Robinho has been idle at home for more than a year, although he did not officially hang up his boots, but it was almost over. The Brazilian genius has played for Real Madrid, Manchester City and AC Milan, and has also come to the Chinese Super League to seek gold, briefly joining Guangzhou Evergrande.