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2 Jun 2014

Son of Football Legend Pele sentenced to 33 years in prison


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This is really so sad for football legend of all time Pele  according to Today newspaper ,A Brazilian court has sentenced Pele’s son Edinho to 33 years in prison for laundering money for drug traffickers, media reports said Saturday. Edson Cholbi Nascimento, nicknamed Edinho, denies the charges in the case, which dates from 2005, and will be allowed to remain free pending appeal, said CBN radio and news site G1. The Praia Grande criminal court in Sao Paulo also sentenced three other defendants to 33 years and ordered the confiscation of all property seized in the police operation against them, including about 100 cars. see more
Edinho, 43, is accused of ties with a drug cartel led by Ronaldo “Naldinho” Duarte Barsotti. But though he admits buying drugs from the cartel, he denies working with them. Edinho had a relatively low-key career in the 1990s playing for Santos, the same club where his father shot to fame. Pele full name Edson Arantes do Nascimento and he has seven children. Considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, he won three World Cups with Brazil, in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

 

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