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Brazil striker Robinho handed nine-year term for rape

Brazil striker Robinho handed nine-year term for rape

TIL Desk Sports/ Former AC Milan and Real Madrid striker Robinho was sentenced to nine years in prison in Italy after he was convicted of gang rape, according to local media reports.

The alleged incident occurred in January 2013, when Robinho was playing for Milan in Serie A. He was found guilty in absentia by an Italian court for sexually assaulting a 22- year-old Albanian woman. Five other people were also accused of the same crime, but their sentences are not yet known.

According to Milan daily, Robinho and five friends made the young woman drink “to the point of making her unconscious and unable to resist”. They were then said to have engaged in “sexual intercourse multiple times in a row” with her.

Robinho has denied the charges and can appeal the decision. After hearing the news, he posted brief messages on his official Instagram and Facebook profiles protesting his innocence. It is not the first time the player has faced allegations of sexual misconduct. He was briefly detained in 2009 after a young woman accused him of assault at a nightclub in Leeds, northern England.

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