Politicians

Bibo Nunes

Damages: Offense to honorDamages: Fake news

federal deputy (PL-RS); ordered at first instance by the Federal Courts to pay R$ 100,000 in collective moral damages (insults to students of UFSM and UFPel) and by the 5th Special Civil Court of Rio to pay damages to Jean Wyllys

Translated from the Portuguese original. Legal details and sources are in the Portuguese version. See the full file in Portuguese, with all sources →

Support for Jair Bolsonaro

Elected federal deputy for the PSL in 2018 and re-elected for the PL; in January 2021 he repeated a false claim by Bolsonaro that blamed the Supreme Federal Court (STF) for the crisis in Manaus (Aos Fatos).

Court cases and investigations

Civil, administrative and oversight sphere

Public civil action by the Federal Public Defender's Office (DPU) and class action by the UNE against Bibo Nunes over insults to students of UFSM and UFPel — 3rd Federal Court of Porto Alegre — Convicted (appealable)
Offense to honor · R$100,000
Suit by Jean Wyllys against Bibo Nunes over a post linking him to Adélio Bispo — 5th Special Civil Court of Rio — Convicted (appealable)
Fake news · R$41,800

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