O Federal Public Ministry he reported o Chilean Germán Andres Naranjo Maldini after having uttered racist, homophobic and xenophobic speeches to Brazilian crew and employees in São Paulo between May 11th and 15th. Furthermore, according to the agency, the passenger He put the safety of other citizens and company employees at risk by trying to open the aircraft door.
Germán has been in pre-trial detention since May 15th and, in addition to racial insult, is responsible for threats directed at PF (Federal Police) agents, contempt and resisting arrest.
In addition to the case that occurred on a flight to Guarulhos Airport, in São Paulo, the Chilean is also accused of racist insults aimed at waitresses and a cleaning assistant who worked in the VIP lounge of an airline where Gérman was served. Moments later, the man was arrested at the scene after the Federal Court accepted the MPF’s complaint about the first episode.
In the police investigation obtained by the report, the decision of the 1st Federal Court of Guarulhos considered:
“The concrete gravity of the conduct attributed to the person under investigation, consistent, in theory, with the practice of racial and homophobic insults, as well as attacks against air transport safety, carried out inside an aircraft on an international flight, including circumstances capable of putting the physical integrity and lives of multiple people at risk.”
He also understood that the accused’s nonconformity and the psychological history defended by the defense do not change the crimes committed.
Remember the case
The Chilean’s case came to the fore after a video recorded by one of the crew members who reported him showed the . In the images that CNN Brazil had access, it is possible to see the man imitating a monkey towards the employee. Furthermore, the Chilean is caught saying “He’s gay, I’m not gay. It’s a problem for me to be gay.”
After being questioned about the lines, Gérman insists on saying that he had a problem with “the smell of black people” and “the smell of Brazilians”.
See the video provided to CNN Brasil by the portal @livresiguaisbr:
Upon being notified, the airport’s own PF launched an investigation that ordered the man’s preventive detention. The individual was located and arrested upon returning from Frankfurt, connecting in Brazil.
According to the MPF, the agents were disrespected and had to wear handcuffs due to the resistance of the suspect at the time. Furthermore, Gérman allegedly made death threats to the police officers.
Away from work
After the repercussions, the Chilean, who had been a commercial executive for more than 10 years at a fish manufacturing company called Landes, was removed from his position. The company said, in a statement on the 15th, that it was notified about the case by the press and took the appropriate measures. She repudiated the man’s attitudes and highlighted that there is no justification for this type of action.
Lawyer defends psychological evaluation
Germán Andrés Naranjo Maldini’s defense informed that he asked the Federal Court for an assessment of his clinical condition and illness.
According to criminal lawyer Carlos Kauffmann, the man’s representative, Germán said he was not clear about the events recorded during the flight and said he was shaken, ashamed and regretful.
See full note:
“We were with Germán today, and he made a statement in which he recognizes that, due to psychiatric treatment, which he has been undergoing for over 13 years, having already been hospitalized for these issues, medications he is taking, he does not know what happened. He has no idea what happened.
He is extremely sad, dismayed, embarrassed by all of this, and publicly apologizes to all Brazilians, especially to the crew member Bruno, who felt offended, saying that this conduct is incompatible with his life, with his history, and that he could never, ever, do anything in this sense consciously, intentionally.
In this sense, what Herman needs is treatment. He takes medication, controlled medication, and he certainly seeks treatment so that he can recover. Today we petition the Federal Court to bring previously unknown data and facts, in the sense that Herman needs medical treatment, that he has already been hospitalized, takes controlled medication and it is essential that his condition and mental state be evaluated, even though he is in prison.”
*Under the supervision of Manuella Dal Mas
