Paulo Cupertino, accused of killing former Chiquititas actor Rafael Miguel, along with his parents, João Alcisio and Miriam Selma, asked for the dismissal of his lawyer, Alexander Neves Lopes, during the jury at the Barra Funda Forum. As a result, the trial was completely annulled on Thursday night (10).
Cupertino understood that there was a breach of trust between him and the lawyer during the testimonies. As a result, it will be necessary to appoint a new lawyer.
The Sentencing Council was also dissolved and the statements annulled. The São Paulo Court of Justice informed that everything will have to be done again, because a new Sentencing Council will be formed.
The Sentencing Council is a group of jurors who decide whether a defendant is guilty or innocent in a jury trial.
“I warned that the defense would act cunningly to prevent this trial, that is exactly what happened today, in the 45th minute of the second half, the defense lawyer was removed. What will happen now? A deadline will open again, appointing a new lawyer and he will not appoint a lawyer right away, he will wait for the deadline, where the public defender’s office will come in, in about 40 days and the public defender’s office will appoint the new defense. The moment the defender is determined, there will be a deadline open again, he will remove him again and will hire other private lawyers, that is, two, three, four months in the future, unfortunately”, highlighted Ricardo Marinho, Isabela’s lawyer (daughter ) and Vanessa Tibcherani (ex from Cupertino).
Testimonials
With the dismissal of the lawyers, the statements were annulled. Earlier, Paulo Cupertino’s ex-partner and mother of daughter, Vanessa Tibcherani Matias Camargo, confirmed the abusive relationship between father and daughter.
Vanessa told the jury that Paulo Cupertino took away his daughter’s freedom . The statement corroborates the prosecution’s thesis, arguing that the crime was premeditated and motivated by Cupertino’s non-compliance with his daughter’s relationship with Rafael Miguel.
During her testimony, at the Barra Funda Criminal Forum, in the West zone of São Paulo, Vanessa stated that Cupertino even took her daughter’s cell phone, Isabela Tibcherani Matias, when he found out that she was in a relationship with Rafael. According to her, Cupertino and Isabela never got along.
THE ex-partner even said he was a “mythomaniac” and avoided saying his name throughout the statement. She also reported that there were numerous cases of aggression that she suffered. Vanessa and her daughter had asked to be heard without the presence of the defendant, which did not happen.
The daughter stated that was kept in private prison for eight months after her father discovered her relationship with former actor Rafael Miguel.
According to Isabela, Cupertino completely isolated her, with no access to her cell phone or contact with other people.
“I was imprisoned for eight months, without interacting with anyone, just receiving messages from a friend” he declared.
She explained that she was confined to a room where she could not see the street.
“There was only one window in the bathroom, which faced directly onto my father’s business,” he said.
Fear and violence
Isabela said that, as soon as her father found out about the relationship, he went to pick her up from school, claiming that her mother was hurt.
“I was very afraid of him. He called me all names and locked me in the house.” reported.
During the testimony, which lasted around 50 minutes, Isabela also detailed the violent behavior of her father, accused of the triple homicide that occurred on June 9, 2019.
“My mother always had a swollen face, a broken nose, machete marks on her back and bruises on her body,” he reported.
The crime
The crime took place on June 9, 2019. Cupertino managed to escape the authorities for three years, only being captured in May 2022 in an apartment in the south of São Paulo, after going through around 100 addresses in at least three countries – Brazil , Paraguay and Argentina.
According to the complaint from the Public Ministry of São Paulo, Cupertino maintained a possession relationship with his daughter, Isabela Tibecherani Matias and did not accept that the young woman had a relationship with the former actor of the children’s soap opera Rafael Miguel.
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This content was originally published in Cupertino calls for dismissal of lawyer, jury is dissolved and testimonies annulled on the CNN Brasil website.
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