Brazil court to move on with Robinho rape case

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A high court in Brazil will move forward with Italy's case against former football star Robinho, who was sentenced in Europe to nine years in prison for rape.

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In a ruling late Wednesday, Brazil's superior court of justice set a date of August 2 to decide whether the Italian government must translate Robinho's full case into Portuguese and then send it to Brazilian authorities for further analysis.

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