Politicians

Marco Feliciano

Damages: HomophobiaDamages: Fake newsFraud (estelionato) (art. 171 of the Penal Code)

federal deputy (PL-SP), pastor; ordered to pay moral damages in civil cases; was deputy leader of the Bolsonaro government in Congress; acquitted by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) in 2014 of a fraud charge (AP 612)

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Support for Jair Bolsonaro

Made official in March 2019 as one of the deputy leaders of the Bolsonaro government in Congress; in January 2021 he repeated, with other lawmakers, a false claim by Bolsonaro that blamed the STF for the crisis in Manaus (Aos Fatos). Affiliated with the PL since 2021.

Court cases and investigations

Criminal sphere

Criminal Case 612 (Supreme Federal Court, STF) — Marco Feliciano charged with fraud (gospel event in São Gabriel, RS, 2008) — Acquitted

Civil, administrative and oversight sphere

Suit by Lucinha Araújo (Cazuza's mother) against Marco Feliciano over homophobic videos — Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice — Convicted (appealable)
Homophobia · R$80,000
Suit by Jean Wyllys against Marco Feliciano over a post linking him to Adélio Bispo — 5th Special Civil Court of Rio — Convicted (appealable)
Fake news · R$41,800
Suit by ABCDS against Marco Feliciano over attacks on a trans actress (2015 LGBT Pride Parade) — São Paulo courts and Supreme Federal Court (STF) — Decision annulled
Transphobia · R$100,000 ✗

See the full file in Portuguese, with all sources →