Supreme Court upholds Robinho's arrest: Italian sentence will be served in Brazil

The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) consolidated its majority vote on Friday (22/11) to maintain the imprisonment of former soccer player Robson de Souza, known as Robinho, and to ratify the Italian court's sentence that sentenced him to nine years in prison for gang rape. The decision marks a decisive chapter in the case, which involves legal debates on the transfer of execution of foreign sentences to Brazil and the interpretation of the Migration Law.

The vote of the rapporteur, Minister Luiz Fux, prevailed, and was followed by Ministers Edson Fachin, Luís Roberto Barroso, Cristiano Zanin, Cármen Lúcia and Alexandre de Moraes. The dissent was opened by Minister Gilmar Mendes, who argued against the transfer of the conviction and the immediate fulfillment of the sentence.

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The Robinho case: an international condemnation

Robinho was convicted by the Italian courts in 2013 for a gang rape case that occurred in Milan. In March 2024, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) approved the Italian sentence, allowing the sentence to be served in Brazil. The former player was arrested shortly after the approval, but his defense appealed to the STF questioning the jurisdiction of the STJ and the retroactivity of the Migration Law, used to justify the transfer of the sentence.