In a video, Débora Rodrigues dos Santos states that “he had no idea” the “financial and symbolic” value of the statue in front of the Supreme Court; watch
Hairdresser Débora Rodrigues dos Santos, 39, said, in a statement, that she did not invade any of the buildings of the three powers during the acts of January 8. Deborah became known for pichar from lipstick the phrase “lost, mané ” in the statue “The Justice”, in front of the headquarters of the (Federal Supreme Court). “I did not enter any of the STF buildings, nor Congress, nor the House of Planalto [sic], in none of the places. I just stayed in that square ”he declared.
Deborah said that “I had no idea ” of the value “financial and symbolic ” from the monument. According to his statements, the statue was already being bought by a man who asked him for help. “Perhaps a little missed on my part, because he started writing and he said: ‘I have the very ugly lyrics, girl. Can you help me write? ‘ And then I kept doing the writing of the phrase said by the minister [do STF] Barroso”he added.
Watch the video (2min22s):
The phrase “lost, manéIt refers to a response given by the current president of the Supreme Court, Luís Roberto Barroso, in 2022, Bolsonarist protesters. The court minister was in New York to participate in a conference. He was harassed in front of the hotel where he was hosted by former president’s voters (PL), already defeated in the presidential election.
The video with the testimony of Deborah, granted in 2024 in an instructional hearing, was attached to the file. STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the case, removed on Wednesday (26.mar.2025) the confidentiality of the action. She with an apology to Moraes, a document also included in the file.
The case of Deborah is tried by the 1st class of the Supreme and, so far, the ministers Moraes and Flávio Dino voted for the conviction of the hairdresser. The ministers Cristiano Zanin, Cármen Lúcia and Luiz Fux are still missing.
On Monday (24.mar), Minister Luiz Fux of Deborah’s process, suspending the analysis of his conviction. The minister, however, has already said that he will review the sentence of 14 years in prison, given by Moraes and Dino. “I confess that I on certain occasions come across an exacerbated penalty. And that’s why I asked for a view of the case. I want to analyze the context in which this lady [Débora] it was”He said.
VOTES OF MORAES AND DINO
Moraes on Friday (21.mar) for the conviction of Deborah to 14 years in prison: 12 years and 6 months, to be fulfilled initially closed, and 1 year and 6 months of detention, in semi -open or open. The defendant was convicted of all crimes imputed by the (Attorney General’s Office).
The crimes are Bolsonaro and the other 33 accused of trying a coup in 2022. They are:
- Armed criminal association;
- Violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law;
- coup d’etat;
- Damage qualified by violence and serious threat, using flammable substance, against the union’s assets and with considerable damage to the victim;
- and deterioration of listed heritage.
The vote of the rapporteur was, who agreed with the dosimetry of the penalty. As the board is made up of 5 ministers, 1 vote is missing for most to condemn the hairdresser. The trial, in virtual session, was expected to end on Friday (28.mar).
Moraes stated that the accused was identified by baking the statue from images released by the newspaper S.Paulo Folha. The STF minister said the images prove to “Active Contribution by Débora Rodrigues dos Santos in the undemocratic acts”That had as their purpose“abolish the democratic rule of law and testify the government legitimately constituted”.
There is, however, no image that proves that Deborah has entered any of the headquarters of the three powers. The available photos show the hairdresser in the Three Powers Square. The defense used these arguments to request the rejection of the complaint. He claimed that there were no elements that attributed to Deborah the authorship of the crimes.
In the vote, however, Moraes argues that the accusation of the hairdresser fits as a crime “multitudinary”That is, which is committed by a crowd. In this case, criminal liability can be shared. This thesis was validated by the ministers of the 1st class in other judgments of 8 January.
In another part of the decision, Moraes says that Deborah “deleted and concealed evidence of its intense participation in the scammer acts“. The magistrate says that the interruption of dialogues at the WhatsApp de Débora, from December 2022 until the first half of February 2023, would indicate, according to the PF (Federal Police), a”indication”That she deleted“relevant data”.
Débora Rodrigues dos Santos became a defendant for the 1st class of the STF on August 9, 2024, unanimously. She has been pre -tried in preemptively since March 17, 2023, by order of Moraes. It has 2 children.
The hairdresser was arrested by the PF in the 8th phase of Operation Lesa Fatherland, which targeted the participants of the acts of January 8, 2023. At the time, protesters depredated the headquarters of the three powers in Brasilia.
During the extremist acts, Deborah was photographed by baking the statue in front of the STF. According to the defense, she had only a lipstick to do the graffiti.
Read the full statement of Deborah recorded on video
“I wanted to say it was nothing premeditated, I’m a good citizen. I went to the acts and did not imagine they were going to be so troubled the way they were. I went on my own, by bus, and when I came across in Brasilia, the movement, I had no idea of the financial good and symbolic good of that statue.
“When I was there, there was already a person doing the graffiti and it was missing perhaps a little malice on my part, because he started writing and he said: ‘I have the very ugly lyrics, girl. You can help me write?’ Of the places.
“I was taking pictures, because I had never gone to Brasilia and I found the buildings, in fact, very beautiful, and that’s why I was there taking pictures. And this individual I never saw in my life, saying that to myself, and I fell into his lines, but I never did anything illicit in my life.
“So, I wanted to ask, so, with all my heart, that if they pursued me, because I am a mother who never walked away from my children and this separation has made them suffer too much. And I just wanted you to know it, excellence, that it has made my family suffer too much.”
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