Milan's Court of Appeal has upheld the decision to hand former Manchester City forward Robinho a nine-year prison sentence for his role in a gang rape.
Robinho, 37, was originally found guilty in 2017 before he was sentenced in December.
The rape of a 23-year-old Albanian woman on her birthday took place in Italy in 2013 at a nightclub and while Robinho has denied the charges and as such appealed the verdict, the court ruled he 'belittled' and 'brutally humiliated' the woman in question.
Robinho's conviction was upheld alongside that of his friend Richard Falco, who was also charged for the offence.