The actress and participant of Big Brother Brasil 23 Bruna Griphao is the target of a crime report for allegedly using a racist expression to refer to the former participant of the reality show, Fred Nicácio, who has already left the program. According to the legal document, Bruna called the doctor a “mourning vulture”.
“For some people, such a situation may seem trivial, without any importance. But, no, it’s not! The vulture is a black/black animal. The moment of mourning refers to the color black/black.
Mr Fred Nicácio is an Afro-Brazilian man. It is clear that there animus offense (with intent to offend, in Latin) by the reported Bruna”, said lawyer William Faintych, who filed the crime news at the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice.
The defender even made a comparison of the BBB 23 situation with one of the injuries suffered by Brazilian striker Vinicius Jr. , who in September last year was the victim of a racist speech during a sports program on television in Spain.
In a participation in “El Chiringuito de Jugones”, attraction of football debate of the Spanish broadcaster Mega, businessman Pedro Bravo said that the Real Madrid shirt 20 needs to “stop acting silly” [“hacer el mono”, em espanhol], in reference to the dances that Vini Jr. usually do after a goal.
“In Spain, the player Vinicius Jr, was a victim of racism, when they told him to stop monkeying around. A few years ago, goalkeeper Aranha was the victim of racism when he was called a monkey by a fan of a rival team. If Bruna’s intention was to compare Mr. Fred to an opportunistic animal, she could have said that it was a red fox, or that it was an alligator.
After all, these animals are opportunists”, said the lawyer.
wanted by CNN Faintych informed that it is now up to the police authority to investigate and “if there is reason, the police investigation [pode] turn into a lawsuit”.
Through Bruna Griphao’s Instagram account, the reality participant’s lawyer, Patrick Berriel, said that anyone can report a fact to the authorities, but that there is a distance between a fact and a crime.
“Bruna had no intention of offending the other participant or discriminatory conduct. The defense informs that it will take appropriate legal measures, in the criminal and civil areas, for crimes of moral violence and moral damages”, said the defender in the actress.
Bruna’s social media administrators also used Instagram to demonstrate in support of the actress.
“Several times throughout the program, Bruna was hit with sadness that, definitely, is not part of her personal life and the conduct of her entire life. In situations with several participants, Bruna always referred to her game and was often attacked with her lines taken out of context and/or her image associated with attitudes that were not hers. We, as a team and family, as well as Bruna inside, all have a fair game ”, published the administrators.
Until the publication of this article, Fred Nicácio had not commented on his networks about the crime news. A CNN awaits information from the Civil Police on whether an investigation will be opened.
Source: CNN Brasil
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