Former Manchester City and Real Madrid footballer Robinho is spending his first Christmas behind bars after being told he is not eligible for the temporary festive release that thousands of inmates in his prison will enjoy.
A man sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison for holding his ex-teenage girlfriend hostage before killing her is among more than 2,500 inmates benefiting from 11 days of freedom over the holidays at the Tremembe prison complex near Sao Paulo, where the former Brazilian international is detained .
But prison chiefs have confirmed Robinho will not be eligible for the prison benefit and will not spend time with his wife Vivian and their three children at their Santos home after starting his nine-year prison sentence for rape in March. .
They also confirmed that no special events are programmed for New Year's Eve at Penitentiary II Dr. Jose Augusto Salgado in Tremembe, better known as P2 Tremembe and called the 'Prison for Famous People' in Brazil, because it offers prisoners better conditions than other locks. -ups in the state of Sao Paulo.
The Brazilian prison system confirmed this in a statement, referring to 40-year-old Robinho with his real name Robson de Souza: 'Detainee Robson de Souza is serving a sentence under a closed regime and is not entitled to temporary release, a benefit granted by the judiciary only to prisoners of the semi-open regime.
“Tremembe Penitentiary II, where Robson is located, will not be hosting any special programs for the year-end celebrations.”
Robinho has been behind bars since March 21. His friend Ricardo Falco entered prison in June after a Brazilian court decided he should also serve the prison sentence imposed on them by an Italian court.
Both men were convicted of sexually assaulting an Albanian woman at a Milan club in January 2013 while he was with AC Milan.
Their failed appeals in Italian courts took years and they returned to Brazil waiting for the final decision after being released on bail.
Reports in late October around the time Robinho was serving seven months behind bars said his prison routine revolved around football matches with other inmates once or twice a week, reading groups and lessons in basic electronics, which will help him pass the time he spent must spend to shorten. in prison.
Lindemberg Alves is among the 117 inmates at Robinho prison benefiting from 11 days of freedom over the festive period, according to local reports.
He was sentenced to 39 years in prison in 2013 for the October 2008 kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old former girlfriend Eloa Cristina Pimentel, who was held hostage for 100 hours before being shot dead.
Another inmate in Robinho's prison reportedly benefiting from the temporary release scheme over Christmas and New Year is Cristian Cravinhos, sentenced to 38 years and six months in prison for the murder of a German engineer and his wife, a Brazilian psychiatrist, in October 2002 .
He and his brother Daniel Cravinhos were found guilty of acting on behalf of the couple's daughter, Suzane von Richthofen.
Suzane and Daniel met in August 1999 and began a relationship shortly afterwards.
They became close, but the relationship did not have the support of their families, especially the Richthofens, who forbade it.
Suzane, Daniel and Cristian then devised a plan to fake a robbery and kill the Richthofen couple so that all three could share Suzane's inheritance.
About 2,440 prisoners held at another prison, part of the Tremembe Prison Complex, were also allowed out until January 3 next year.
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