Robinho Asks Brazil’s Supreme Court to Remove ‘Heinous Crime’ Label From Italian Conviction

Overview

• Defense lawyers filed a new habeas corpus to challenge the hediondo classification applied in the Brazilian execution of the Italian sentence.
• The case was assigned to Justice Luiz Fux, who previously voted to reject two habeas corpus petitions from Robinho.
• The request seeks an urgent suspension of the heinous classification so the defense can pursue progression to the semiopen regime.
• The STJ had authorized Brazil to enforce the nine-year sentence issued in Italy for a 2013 group rape in Milan, which Robinho denies.
• The petition argues the STJ cannot alter the foreign judgment’s nature, and Robinho remains jailed in Tremembé since March 2024 pending a decision.