Robinho undergoes a custody hearing and arrives at a celebrity prison in Tremembé – 03/21/2024 – Sport

Arrested by the Federal Police in Santos, Robinho, 40, underwent an in-person custody hearing at the Federal Court, in the central region of the city, followed by forensic examinations at the IML (Legal Medical Institute), located in the Esttuário neighborhood, in Thursday night (21), before being taken to the Tremembé penitentiary complex, where he arrived early in the morning on Friday (22).

Tremembé is known as the prison of celebrities. The place is where convicts are sent who, because they have some type of fame (either because they are a public figure or because the crime had great repercussions), are at risk in common penitentiaries. Alexandre Nardoni, Cristian Cravinhos, Gil Rugai, Lindenberg Alves, Mizael Bispo de Souza and Guilherme Longo, as well as doctor Roger Abdelmassih, have passed or still are there.

Former Santos player Edinho, Pelé’s son, was also imprisoned there when he served time for money laundering.

Robinho will serve a nine-year prison sentence, in a closed regime, for the crime of gang rape of an Albanian woman, committed in 2013 in Milan, Italy.

The Italian court’s ruling was approved by the STJ (Superior Court of Justice) on Wednesday (20). The court did not analyze whether or not Robinho committed the crime, but only whether he should serve in Brazil the sentence to which he was sentenced in Italy.

After the STJ’s decision by 9 votes to 2 in favor of prison, Robinho’s last hope was to obtain a habeas corpus in the STF (Supreme Federal Court), which blocked the detention of the former player until the case was analyzed by the highest court. The request, however, was denied this Thursday by minister Luiz Fux.

“Considering the grounds set out throughout this vote, there is no evidence of a violation, by the Superior Court of Justice, of constitutional, legal norms or international treaties, characterizing illegal coercion or violence against the patient’s freedom of movement”, wrote the minister.

The former player’s lawyer had presented the request to the STF with the argument that there is “great legal plausibility” that the STF will reverse the STJ’s decision.

In the lawyers’ view, the validation of the Italian sentence “is completely contrary to the Constitution of the Republic”.

These arguments are used by lawyers because the Supreme Court is responsible for discussing issues related to the Constitution.

On Thursday afternoon, following communication from the STJ, the Federal Court of Santos (SP) issued an arrest warrant for Robinho. The document was issued by the 5th Federal Court of Santos and forwarded to the Federal Police.

Before his client was taken away by federal police, the lawyer stated that he was already at the disposal of Justice and that “despite many people thinking that he is not a man who follows the law.” He also said that his client “has no intention of fleeing, of not complying with what was determined.”

The former player, revealed by Santos and who played for the Brazilian team in the 2010 World Cup, left an apartment in the Aparecida neighborhood, in Santos, at around 7pm, taken by an unmarked PF car. As the vehicle’s windows are tinted, it was not possible to see the former athlete’s face when he entered the police premises.