Hytalo Santos he acquired a “mansion” and took some minors to live with him, treating them as “children”. He promised them money, housing, food and education in exchange for participating in videos with sexual connotations. The court considers that the young people were exposed to extreme risks.
O influencer Brazilian Hytalo Santos and her husband were convicted of sexual exploitation of minors, according to . The couple exploited young people in videos on social media with sexual connotations to make money. The defense will appeal.
Hytalo Santos was sentenced to 11 years and four months in prison for sexual exploitation of minors in content published on social networks. As for the husband, Israel Nata Vicente, known as Euro, was sentenced to 8 years and 10 months. They also have to pay 500 thousand reaisthe equivalent of 82 thousand euros, for moral damages.
Judge Antônio Rudimacy Firmino de Sousa maintained the preventive detention of the defendants, claiming that the grounds that justified the measure remain unchanged.
According to Globo, the sentence describes that the couple placed the minors in an artificial and controlled environmentcomparing it to a reality showto make money. Young people were exposed to situations considered extreme riskcom alcoholic beverages and neglect regarding food and schooling.
Judge Antônio Rudimacy Firmino de Sousa also points to the vulnerability of victims, who he considers to be unable to understand or resist illicit practices.
According to the the court concluded that the scheme caused damage and disrupted the victims’ psychological development, teaching them to seek validation on the internet simply by “displaying their bodies”. The conviction of the influencers was evidenced bydigital records.
A defense has already announced that it will appealsays Globo, and argues that throughout the instruction arguments were presented that would rule out the accusation’s thesis.
Complaint
Over almost 50 minutes, in a video entitled “Adultization”, Felca mentioned several cases of sexualization and exploitation of minors on the internetmaking reference to Hytalo Santos, who accuses of using children and teenagers in productions with sensual appeal, with the aim of attract greater engagement on social media.
In the video, Felca displays publications shared by Hytalo Santos, in which it is possible to observe minors studying parties with consumption of alcoholic beverages e to participate in recordings of dances with sensual connotations for social networks.
Who is it Hytalo Santos?
Hitalo José Santos Silva, better known as Hytalo Santos, started sharing dance videos on the internet in 2018often accompanied by minors, mainly girlsmany of them with inappropriate clothes for age. The practice contributed to the influencer win popularity and income.
Everything was recorded and published on social media with the objective of generating large amounts of money.
Years later, the influencer acquired a “mansion” in a luxury condominium and took some of the smallest live with yourselfwith parental permission. According to the Hytalo Santos referred to young people as “children”to whom he offered financial support, housing, food and educationin exchange for participation in their videos.
Later, it became known that the to allow his children to live alone with him and appear in videos made on social media. The values should be between two to three thousand reais (between 300 and 500 euros).
Former employees of Hytalo Santos, speaking to the Brazilian program revealed that the minors lived under a strict regime tax for the influencerwhich determined when they could eat, sleep and use their cell phones.
One of the cases mentioned by Felca involves Kamyla Santos, better known as Kamylinhaa young woman who began to be exposed in Hytalo Santos’ videos to 12 years. Tbecame one of the main figures in the content shared by the influencer and is described by youtuber as “more product than human”.
In May, Hytalo Santos revealed that Kamylinha he was pregnantfruit of the relationship with Hyago Santos, brother of influencer, also a minor. A young woman became pregnant while living in the influencer’s house and recorded content for social media. However, ended up losing the baby early in pregnancy.
