Justice of Rio de Janeiro condemns movement by publication of 2016 and determines the removal of the content
The court of Rio de Janeiro condemned the (Brazil Livre Movement) to pay compensation of $ 50,000 for moral damages to actor Wagner Moura.
The decision of Thursday (12.Jun.2025) states that a publication made by the group in 2016 that falsely associated the artist with illicit conduct. There is still appeal.
The MBL post of March 30, 2016, said the following: “How much does your governism cost? Wagner Moura, raising $ 11.5 million by the Rouanet Law, will make videos defending the Dilma government. ”
At that time, Dilma Rousseff, then president of Brazil, faced an impeachment process. The MBL was one of the groups that organized street demonstrations to overthrow the then president.
“The publication questioned, extrapolating the limits of the law of criticism, reported false facts to enter the field of misinformation, distancing itself from truth and improperly associating the image of the author with illicit facts, and compromising the integrity of public debate, impairing the reliability of shared information and weakening the very responsible exercise of freedom of expression.”says an excerpt from the court decision.
Wagner Moura is a Brazilian actor known for his work in national and international cinema. On May 25, he won the best actor statuette for the movie “The secret agent”At the Cannes Film Festival.
