Italian court sentences Robinho to nine years in jail for rape

• Former Manchester City forward convicted as part of gang rape in 2013
• Robinho says he is not guilty and vows to fight the ‘accusations’

An Italian court has sentenced the former Manchester City and Brazil forward Robinho in absentia to nine years in prison after convicting him of taking part in a gang rape of an Albanian woman in 2013.

A Milan court ruled that Robinho and five other Brazilians assaulted the woman, who was 22 at the time, after plying her with alcohol in a discotheque. The whereabouts of Robinho’s five companions is not known, so their trial has been put on hold.

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