Commentator referred to the deputy as “this thing” in comment in X; Defense states that profile was not his
The federal deputy (PSOL-SP) confirmed in the X (former Twitter), this Wednesday (26.Fev.2025), which will trigger the court about the alleged case of transphobia against it, on Sunday (23.FEV.2025), when the Formula 1 commentator of Band, Sérgio Maurício, called the deputy “fake news humana”When commenting on a publication. Mauricio’s defense claimed that the profile was not his.
“This is unacceptable. To allow this to become banal today is to accept the death of one of us tomorrow ”the congressman at X.
Erika stated that she and her lawyers are aware of the case, and that she saw with “good eyes”The departure of Mauritius announced this Wednesday (26.FEV) by Band. The congressman confirmed that she will trigger justice against him: “Transphobia is a crime in Brazil, and despite attempts to relativize it, we will make justice prevail ”.
The deputy emphasized that her interest is in ensuring that people who attack the dignity of minorities respond criminally. She stated that attacks on trans people are “persecution, transphobia, crime of hatred and gender political violence ”and that “allow this to become banalIt would be to accept the death of another transsexual person.
“Because the simple fact that I am who I am, of trans people are who they are, is reason to be victims of violence completely free, physical or virtual“, He declared in X.
Erika Hilton also stated that “To allow violence against a political minority to become banal today is to allow violence against all minorities to banish tomorrow“. She criticized the idea, which she said, is spread on social networks, “That there is no punishment for hatred, LGBTFOBIC, capacitistas, racist and xenophobic speeches“.
The congressman also said that, in Brazil, the Federal Constitution and the understanding of the (Supreme Federal Court), which equates the homotransphobia to the crime of racism, will be respected, ensuring rigorous punishments and human dignity.
Understand the case
On Sunday (23.FEV), the account with the user who allegedly belonged to the commentator Formula 1 in BandSérgio Maurício responded to a transphobic publication against Erika Hilton, who stated that the deputy has “Some problems of very alarming acceptance“Mauricio replied by calling her a“true human fake newsAnd referring to her as “this thing“.
According to columnist Gabriel Vaquer da Folha de S. Paulo, He said, in response, that the profile was not his and declared to the column that it was not the 1st time “People maliciously create false profile and/or reproduce untrue lines” using your image.
Although the defense says that the profile is not his, the official profile of the Band Sports At X, it has shared publications marking the user by 2023.
The X profile was deactivated.
