“Do you understand? Doria started playing the journalist who attacks the president all the time,” he wrote at the time.
Vera told the court that the statements were false and offensive, without the slightest concern for reality and that they represented an attempt to intimidate press freedom.
As presenter of Roda Viva, the journalist is hired by the Padre Anchieta Foundation, which is funded by funds approved by the Legislative Assembly and by advertising resources obtained from the private sector. The foundation has the independence to decide who to hire.
In the case opened against the pastor, lawyers Igor Tamasauskas and Beatriz Logarezzi, from the firm Bottini & Tamasauskas Advogados, proved that the salary received by the journalist is much lower than the values disclosed in fake news.
When sentencing Malafaia, judge Viviani Nicolau said that he “exceeded the reasonable limits, violating the journalist's honor and reputation.”
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