Involved in the “Dark Horse” case and in the midst of his office, the federal deputy (PL-SP) has worked as an actor, Secretary of Culture and film producer on his CV.
Payment slips and bank statements from Gardênia Morais, a former employee of the parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies, indicate that she returned part of her salary to people linked to him while she worked in the office. The deputy did not respond to requests for a position made by Folha.
He was the protagonist of a soap opera in the early 2000s, special secretary of Culture in the government of () and, now, he is part of the producers and screenwriters of the film “”, which tells the life of the former president.
Frias was elected by the state of São Paulo, in 2022, with 122,564 votes. He is investigating the use of money from , former owner of , to finance the film about Bolsonaro.
show that the deputy kept in touch and thanked Vorcaro for his support. “We’re going to touch the hearts of a lot of people and it’s going to be very important for our country, okay? I need to tell you from time to time how things are going”, he told the former banker.
In the column, Frias stated that he “just produced the film”.
Frias allocated R$2 million to the Instituto conhecimento Brasil, run by the film’s producer, Karina Gama.
For a long time, the former Secretary of Culture was a familiar face on television. He debuted in 1996, on the Network series “Caça-talentos”. He also appeared on programs on Band, RedeTV! and Record before taking a political path.
In 2004, in the soap opera “Senhora do Destino”, still on TV Globo. His biggest success came five years earlier, when he starred in the youth soap opera Malhação. He played the character Rodrigo, the actress’s romantic partner. Participating in the soap opera served as a gateway for many of the network’s successful actors, and it was the same for Frias.
As head of the Special Secretariat for Culture, between 2020 and 2022, he acted against laws promoting the area.
His administration was marked by criticism of the mechanisms for transferring federal resources to culture, and attacks on the Rouanet Law, which allows private financing for sector initiatives with partial exemption from Income Tax.
While he was in charge of the Secretariat of Culture, the department had low budget execution. Of the R$1.77 billion planned in 2020, R$608.7 million was used. Of the total approved in 2021, R$1.69 billion, R$620.1 million were committed, according to the Transparency Portal.
