Pele\\\'s son jailed for 33-yr
Sunday, 1 June 2014
The son of the Brazilian football legend Pele has been sentenced to 33 years in jail for laundering money from drug trafficking. Edinho is a retired footballer who played goalkeeper for Pele’s old club, Santos. He was first arrested in 2005 and served a sentence for drug trafficking offences and links with a notorious drug dealer in the city of Santos. Edinho said he was a drug addict but denied the trafficking charges. The ruling was issued by a judge in the nearby coastal city of Praia Grande, in Sao Paulo state. Brazilian media have not been able to contact Edinho, whose real name is Edson Cholbi do Nascimento, but they say he is expected to appeal. Edinho, 43, works as a goalkeeping coach at Santos, according to BBC.