Robson de Souza Santos
and his "accomplices" showed "particular contempt" for a 23-year-old woman, who was "brutally humiliated" and "immediately tried to divert the investigation by offering to investigate a false and previously agreed version of events."
It is the conclusive testimony of the Milan Court of Appeal, which confirmed the sentences of nine years in prison against the former Brazilian footballer and his friend,
Ricardo Falco
, for events that occurred in 2013.
This second instance sentence was issued last December, although the full text was made public on Tuesday morning, one day before the legal deadline for its publication expires.
From now on, Robinho's lawyers have 45 days to appeal to the third instance of the Italian Justice.
For now, Judge
Francesca Vitale
confirmed the sentence against the 37-year-old Santos midfielder, who in recent months had abandoned the discipline of the São Paulo club to focus on the case.
According to Vitale's writing, "the victim was humiliated and used by the player and his friends to satisfy his sexual instincts."
The events, according to the investigation, occurred on the night of January 22, 2013, when
Robinho
and his accomplices allegedly got the young woman drunk until she was unconscious and then raped her in a closet of a Milan nightclub, where she had gone to celebrate. his birthday.
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