Podcast: the Robinho case and the trial at the STJ – Folha – 03/20/2024 – Podcasts

The STJ (Superior Court of Justice) begins judging this Wednesday (20) whether former player Robinho should serve in Brazil the 9-year prison sentence to which he was sentenced in Italy. According to the investigation, the former athlete and five other Brazilians committed group sexual violence against a woman of Albanian origin in a nightclub in 2013. He denies the crime.

The European country demanded Robinho’s extradition, but Brazilian law prevents this from happening to natural-born citizens. Italy then requested that the sentence be served in Brazil, which will be evaluated by the STJ. Robinho’s defense will argue that the Italian request is not validated. Lawyers mention the rights of Brazilians and national sovereignty.

The former player published a video on social media in which he showed photos and prints that, according to him, would prove his innocence. He also repeats arguments he used in an interview with TV Record on Sunday (17), saying that the evidence was not considered in the trial and that the conviction stems from a racist stance by the Italian justice system.

This Wednesday’s episode of Café da Manhã (20) has two parts. In the first, journalist Michele Oliveira, from Milan, tells how the case went in Italy and the repercussions of the process coming to Brazil. In the second, lawyer Davi Tangerino, professor at Uerj, explains what the arguments were brought to the STJ and what is at stake in the trial.

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Café da Manhã is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Gabriela Mayer and Gustavo Simon, produced by Carolina Moraes and Laila Mouallem and sound editing by Thomé Granemann.