Good friend of disgraced former Brazil and Man Metropolis star Robinho, who was implicated in his 2017 rape conviction, discovered useless after ‘plunging from eleventh ground of Santos house block’

A buddy of fallen soccer star Robinho implicated within the footballer’s rape case has been discovered useless in Brazil.

Rudney Gomes’ physique was found on Tuesday evening within the port metropolis of Santos within the state of Sao Paulo and police say they’re treating his demise as a suicide.

Former Actual Madrid and Manchester Metropolis star Robinho, who named 46-year-old Gomes as one of many males who had intercourse with the lady he was finally convicted of sexually assaulting alongside one other pal, is at present serving a nine-year jail sentence in Brazil handed all the way down to him by an Italian court docket.

The ex-Brazil worldwide continues to protest his innocence and claims the Albanian he was discovered responsible of forcing himself on had engaged in a consensual orgy after getting drunk on vodka at a membership in Milan.

Gomes, accused however by no means tried over his alleged involvement like three different males named by Robinho, left Italy earlier than he may very well be summoned to court docket.

The one different man convicted, one other buddy of the footballer’s referred to as Ricardo Falco, can also be serving a nine-year jail sentence in Brazil.

Robinho continues to protest his innocence and claims the Albanian he was discovered responsible of forcing himself on had engaged in a consensual orgy

Gomes, one in every of Robinho’s former bodyguards, reportedly plunged from the eleventh ground of an house block in Santos.

Emergency responders together with police and paramedics rushed to the scene after the alarm was raised however there was nothing anybody may do to avoid wasting him. It was not instantly clear on Thursday if the rape case had something to do along with his obvious determination to finish his personal life.

The crime Robinho was convicted over occurred after the footballer met up with mates to rejoice Gomes’ thirty fourth birthday on the Sio Cafe the place the rape occurred.

Gomes had largely remained out of the general public eye for the reason that trial’s conclusion.

Robinho implicated Gomes after being summoned to make a proper assertion about his position in what occurred that evening.

In telephone conversations obtained by investigators the footballer was heard bragging to a different buddy how tough it might be for the Albanian girl to efficiently press fees if she hadn’t fallen pregnant and there have been no cameras recording the evening’s occasions.

Robinho’s and Falco’s failed appeals in Italian courts lasted years they usually each returned to Brazil whereas they awaited the ultimate determination after being bailed.

The disgraced former soccer star has been behind bars in Tremembe Jail close to Sao Paulo since March 21 final 12 months after Brazil’s Excessive Courtroom of Justice ended up accepting Italy’s request to make him serve his jail sentence in his homeland.

9 of the court docket’s 15 ministers voted in favour to incarcerate him in his house nation of Brazil

The disgraced former soccer star has been behind bars in Tremembe Jail close to Sao Paulo since March 21

He has fought to attempt to get out of the jail he’s in early on a technicality and is at present interesting a court docket determination final November rejecting his requests for freedom.

Robinho swapped a luxurious seafront house in Santos for 10 days of full isolation after his switch to jail earlier than being moved to a shared tiny eight sq. metre cell with one other inmate.

Though his present lodging is much faraway from the mansion he used to name house, the jail he’s being held in is thought in Brazil as ‘The Jail for Well-known Folks’ and affords inmates higher circumstances than at different lock-ups within the state of Sao Paulo.

Studies after he was incarcerated stated Robinho had began a pc course in jail and was additionally taking part in studying teams with different inmates.

Brazil’s Excessive Courtroom of Justice jailed Ricardo Falco in June final 12 months in a repeat of its acceptance of Italy’s request he ought to be made to do his jail time in his homeland like Robinho.