According to Rogério Marinho, minister André Mendonça responded that he would investigate
The coordinator of the campaign for the Presidency of Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), senator Rogério Marinho (PL-RN)met this Thursday, 14th, with the reporting minister of the Master case at the Federal Supreme Court (STF), André Mendonça, and asked for an investigation into the This Wednesday, the 13th, the website Intercept Brasil revealed that the son of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) negotiated with the owner of Banco Master the payment of R$134 million to “sponsor” a film about the former president’s life.
“I told him that we are worried about the selective leak against Flávio and the way things are happening, creating uncertainty about the direction of the investigation. There are almost 7 terabytes of information about the Master case. We ask that this leak be investigated,” Marinho told CNN Brasil.
According to Marinho, Mendonça replied that he would investigate. Estadão contacted the minister’s office to confirm this information and is awaiting feedback.
According to the report, negotiations for Vorcaro to finance the film were carried out by Flávio Bolsonaro and other intermediaries, such as federal deputy Mário Frias (PL-SP) and the impeached federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro.
Estadão confirmed with sources that have access to the investigation that Flávio Bolsonaro’s dialogues with Vorcaro published by Intercept Brasil are authentic. They are part of the extraction of the contents of the banker’s first cell phone, seized by the Federal Police in the first phase of Operation Compliance Zero.
After the audios were released, Flávio went to the residence where his pre-campaign committee works to the Presidency of the Republic to meet with Marinho, the party president, Valdemar Costa Neto, and the team’s lawyer, Maria Claudia Bucchianeri.
At the end of the afternoon, but denying having committed any illegal act. “In our case, what happened was a son, seeking private sponsorship for a private film about his own father’s story. Zero public money. Zero Rouanet law”, says the note.
The Intercept Brasil released an audio in which the senator asks the owner of Banco Master for money to pay expenses for the film Dark Horse.
“I’m embarrassed to keep demanding you, but it’s just that this is a very decisive moment in the film and as there are a lot of installments behind, everyone is tense, worried”, says Flávio in the audio released.
In messages obtained by Intercept, Flávio Bolsonaro also writes to Vorcaro: “Brother, I am and will be with you always, there’s no half a conversation between us. I just need you to give me some light! Abs”
The message would have been sent on November 16, 2025, three months after the Banco Master scandal came to light. The following day, Vorcaro was arrested on suspicion of fraudulent operations involving the bank. The Master was liquidated on November 18, 2025.
