Robinho Jr. was part of Santos’ victorious 2025 Sao Paulo Under-20 Championship squad. However, financial considerations may ultimately force Santos to part with one of their brightest prospects. Internal discussions at the club acknowledge that selling academy talents could help stabilise their accounts at the end of the season, a frustrating reality that could open the door to European suitors. Interest in Robinho Jr has inevitably revived discussion about his father, Robinho, whose career ended under the cloud of one of football’s darkest scandals. The former Brazil international was convicted in 2017 for his involvement in the gang rape of a 23-year-old Albanian woman at a Milan nightclub in 2013. The Italian Court of Cassation upheld the nine-year sentence in 2022. Having exhausted avenues in Italy, Robinho is now serving his sentence in Brazil at Tremembe prison, near Sao Paulo, after the conviction was transferred.
Speaking to CNN Brasil, Justice Luiz Fux said: "The declaration of opposition is only admissible when there is ambiguity, obscurity, contradiction or omission in the sentence or ruling, as provided for in article 619 of the CPP. The defence is unreasonable. The Plenary of this Supreme Court, by majority, expressly rejected, in this specific case, the principle of non-retroactivity provided for in Article 5, XL, of the Federal Constitution, considering it inapplicable in the present case."
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