Italian prosecutors demand the extradition of Robinho to serve a nine-year prison sentence for rape with ex-AC Milan, Man City and Real Madrid star potentially subject to an arrest warrant if he leaves his native Brazil
- Robinho was sentenced to nine years in prison for the rape of a woman
- Former Brazil forward has been unsuccessful in appeal to Italian Supreme Court
- Now the Italian authorities have requested his extradition from his native Brazil
- Robinho is also set to be subject to an international arrest warrant outside Brazil
Italian prosecutors have requested an international arrest warrant for the Brazilian former footballer Robinho after he was convicted of rape.
Officials have asked the Brazilian authorities to extradite the former Real Madrid, Manchester City and AC Milan forward, 38, so he can serve a nine-year jail term.
In 2017, Robinho and five other Brazilians were found guilty of the gang rape of a 22-year-old Albanian woman in a Milan nightclub four years earlier.
In January, the Supreme Court in Rome dismissed Robinho's final appeal against his conviction.
Now, Italian prosecutors have asked their counterparts in Brazil to hand him over so he can serve his prison sentence.
However, this appears unlikely since the Brazilian constitution does not allow the extradition of its citizens.
![Italian authorities have requested the extradition of former Brazil international Robinho so he can serve a nine-year prison sentence for the rape of a woman in a Milan nightclub in 2013](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/15/13/54223147-10515027-image-a-62_1644930121998.jpg)
Italian authorities have requested the extradition of former Brazil international Robinho so he can serve a nine-year prison sentence for the rape of a woman in a Milan nightclub in 2013
![Robinho is also set to be the subject of an international arrest warrant if he leaves Brazil](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/15/13/40285260-10515027-Robinho_has_seen_a_nine_year_prison_sentence_on_a_gang_rape_char-a-70_1644930218696.jpg)
Robinho is also set to be the subject of an international arrest warrant if he leaves Brazil
Under the arrest warrant, Robinho may, however, face arrest if he leaves his country and sets foot in any of the nearly 70 countries Italy does have an extradition agreement with.
During his appeal, Robinho, who was playing for AC Milan at the time, did admit to having 'contact' with the woman but insisted it was consensual.
The Milan Court of Appeals found that Robinho had 'belittled' and 'brutally humiliated' the victim as it upheld the initial sentence in a December 2020 hearing.
![The Brazilian was playing for AC Milan at the time of the incident at a nightclub back in 2013](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/03/10/07/40285290-9345525-image-m-51_1615362616300.jpg)
The Brazilian was playing for AC Milan at the time of the incident at a nightclub back in 2013
![The 37-year-old attacker spent two years in the Premier League with Manchester City](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/03/10/09/40287856-9345525-The_37_year_old_attacker-a-2_1615367587825.jpg)
The 37-year-old attacker spent two years in the Premier League with Manchester City
![He managed 100 caps for the Brazilian national team and went on to score 28 times for them](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/03/10/09/40287854-9345525-image-a-3_1615367607821.jpg)
He managed 100 caps for the Brazilian national team and went on to score 28 times for them
Key evidence that was used to initially convict the Brazilian included intercepted phone calls and messages between the footballer and those allegedly involved in the attack, in which Robinho said: 'It makes me laugh because I'm not interested, the woman was drunk, she doesn't even know what happened.'
Robinho's final efforts to overturn the conviction in the Supreme Court last month then failed.
He played 137 matches for Real Madrid, 53 for Man City and 144 for Milan during his playing career that also saw him score 28 goals in 100 appearances for the Brazil national team.
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