MP asked for R$30 million in compensation for “violations of the rights of children and adolescents”; case with Venezuelan migrants was in 2022
The 1st Children and Youth Court of the Federal District rejected the Public Ministry’s request to convict the former president (PL) in the case involving Venezuelan migrants in the 2022 electoral campaign. “painted a mood” with the girls.
The had sentenced the former president to compensation of R$30 million for alleged “violations of the rights of children and adolescents”. Prosecutors also accused Bolsonaro of inciting children to do “weapon gestures” and using their images without the authorization of those responsible during the campaign for the Presidency.
Judge Evandro Neiva de Amorim stated that Bolsonaro was “unfortunate and subject to criticism” for his speeches, but that “it was a demonstration about the social and migratory situation in Venezuela, in a context of economic crisis and social vulnerability”.
Evandro Neiva Amorim also considered that the gun gestures encouraged by Bolsonaro had no concrete evidence, in addition to not having “any mention of electoral purposes”.
On his profile on X (formerly Twitter), Bolsonaro shared the news. Said the system beat him “until you don’t want it anymore” and criticized “agents of disinformation”without explicitly mentioning who he is referring to.
The decision also rejected the MP’s request for compensation. He stated that “lacked legal foundations” to justify the conviction.
October 2022 Affair
In an interview with a podcast on the Paparazzo Rubro-Negro channel, on YouTube, on October 14, 2022, Bolsonaro had said that he met girls aged 14 and 15 during a motorcycle ride in the city of São Sebastião (DF), who were “getting ready” to “to win a life”.
“I stopped the motorcycle on a corner, took off my helmet and looked at some little girls, 3, 4, pretty, 14, 15 years old, dressed up on a Saturday in a community. And I saw that they were kind of similar. It created a mood, I came back. ‘Can I come into your house?’. I entered. There were about 15, 20 girls, Saturday morning, getting ready. All Venezuelan. And I ask: cute girls of 14, 15 years old getting ready on Saturday for what? Earn a living”says Bolsonaro in the video excerpt.
On X, the terms “painted a mood” and “Bolsonaro pedophile” were among the most commented topics in Brazil on the social network.
In response, the then president broadcast live on Facebook 2 days after the case. Bolsonaro stated that he only showed “indignation” with the situation of Venezuelan women. He also said that the PT “exceeded all limits” to the “cut out pieces” from the video to “distort” and imply that he was “behind the program”.
