Politicians

Capitão Alberto Neto

Damages: Fake news

federal deputy (PL-AM), known as Capitão Alberto Neto; ordered at second instance (Appeals Panel of the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice, 2022), together with Magno Malta, to pay damages to a woman falsely identified in a post about the Jacarezinho massacre

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

Among the allied deputies whose move to the PL accompanied Bolsonaro in the party-switching window of March 2022; re-elected for the PL in 2022.

Court cases and investigations

Civil, administrative and oversight sphere

Damages suit by the mother of a Jacarezinho massacre victim against Magno Malta and Capitão Alberto Neto (Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice, Appeals Panel) — Convicted (appealable)
Fake news · R$10,000

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