Former Manchester City star Robinho is serving his jail sentence in Brazil with some reportedly disreputable company – including a woman who stabbed her husband 56 times and was dumped by her prison beau.
Robinho was condemned to nine years behind bars last March after lengthy legal battles, having initially being found guilty of gang rape and sentenced in Italy in 2017.
He was one of six men who were found guilty of assaulting an Albanian woman in an Italian nightclub in January 2013.
Its sickening cast of high-profile inmates include a man who killed his own daughter; one who is locked up for 98 years after kidnapping and murdering a 15-year-old girl; and a former doctor who abused 39 sedated patients.
Moreover, the inmates have devised their own offline version of dating app Tinder which sees guards help pair them up, according to SPORT and journalist Ullisses Campbell.
Former Manchester City star Robinho is serving nine years behind bars in Brazil for gang rape
His prison in Tremembe houses high-profile criminals, and inmates have established their own version of Tinder
Many inmates were allowed out over Christmas but Robinho was not deemed eligible
He was sentenced to 39 years in prison in 2013 over the October 2008 kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old former girlfriend Eloa Cristina Pimentel, held hostage for 100 hours before being shot dead.
Robinho was placed in this police car following his arrest in the beachfront city of Santos
Intercepted phone calls between the Brazilian and those allegedly involved in the assault were used as key evidence in his initial conviction.
Robinho had said: ‘It makes me laugh because I’m not interested, the woman was drunk, she doesn’t even know what happened.’
The forward had secured a transfer back to Santos in 2020 where he was handed a contract that was worth minimum wage.
Italian authorities had wanted to lock him up there but failed in their pursuit of extradition
But he was forced to tear up the contract amid outcry over his signing, with a major sponsor pulling its support for the football club.
The winger came through the Santos academy where he was seen as one of Brazil’s rising stars.
He would go on to play 137 matches for Real Madrid, 53 for Man City and 144 for AC Milan during his playing career.
He also made 100 appearances for the Brazil national side.