Casal, who was arrested last Friday (15), is accused by the Public Prosecutor of Paraíba of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation from content produced on social networks
Delegate Fernando David, holder of the 3rd Estilionate Investigations Police Station and Crimes Against Public Faith (DIG), said the influencer And her husband, Israel Nata Vicente -known as Euro -, planned to escape the country and that both already knew the possibility of arrest warrants being issued. The couple was arrested on Friday (15) in a house in Carapicuíba, metropolitan region of . They are accused by the Public Prosecution Service of Paraíba and the Public Prosecution Service for the Labor of Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation from content produced on social networks. The warrants were issued by the 2nd, Bayeux District Court, Paraíba.
“Yes, there is the suspicion that they were trying to evade. They knew that an arrest warrant would be issued (…) issued yesterday morning,” said David (see the video above). Also according to the delegate, they have been in Sao Paulo since Thursday (14) and the city could serve as a route for the escape. The defense of influencer and euro alleges innocence and contradicts the police version. According to lawyer Felipe Cassimiro, the investigated were in São Paulo about a month for professional reasons.
“Hytalo Santos has always made themselves available to the authorities. They are innocent. I did not want to use the word persecution, but they are people who are suffering a lot. The accusations do not proceed,” said Cassimiro. They were captured in a high standard residence, where eight people were hosted – all older. To hold the arrest, the police intelligence service monitored the vehicle used by the couple – a Land Rover – which was parked in front of the mansion in Carapicuíba.
The couple did not resist the approach. Eight cell phones were seized – four with Hytalo and four with Israel. The devices will be expert. “We arrived about eight in the morning. We didn’t have to break into the door. They cooperated and were sleeping at the time of the approach,” said the delegate. The two performed a crime exam at the Forensic Medical Institute and, this Saturday, will undergo a custody hearing in Carapicuíba. Then, if the arrest is confirmed, they will be sent to a Provisional Detention Center (CDP) in the city.
It is expected to be transferred to João Pessoa, Paraíba. The case gained national repercussion after youtuber complaints About episodes of adultization of children and adolescents. Hytalo was banned from the Instagram social network and her husband, euro, also had her account disabled after trying to defend the influencer
*With information from Estadão Content