The president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) issued a statement on the case. He said that the sentences against the two players were "one of the most disastrous chapters" in the history of football.
The sentences were handed down by a court in the city of Bari, in the state of São Paulo. The two players have been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for the rape of a woman in a nightclub. The sentence was handed down after a hearing by the Court of Appeal for the Republic of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, on March 23.