John of God: The Crimes of a Spiritual Healer (2021) s01e04 Episode Script
Justice?
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SCENES OF UNCONVENTIONAL SURGERY
AND REPORTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
MAY BE TRIGGERING
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES
COUR
APARECIDA DE GOIÂNIA - BRAZIL
There will be an interrogation today.
In Brazilian criminal process,
the interrogation is the last step.
LUCIANO MIRANDA MEIRELES
PROSECUTOR
After having heard all the victims,
we hear the defendant's version.
[man] John of God was arrested
on December 16th of last year,
accused of committing sexual abuse
during religious ceremonies.
[woman] This interrogation is related
to the case in São Paulo?
[Meireles] Given the line of defense,
there is not much to expect from it
HEARING ROOM
1ST CRIMINAL COUR
because he basically keeps silent.
He denies everything
and says he doesn't know
any of those victims.
But our hope is that, some day,
he will break his silence,
and he will admit
to what he did all of those years.
It may be my personal opinion,
but he doesn't seem to have
any type of compassion for the victims.
So far
he hasn't shown any signs
of regret for anything he has done.
[man] His statement lasted
an hour and a half.
The medium said he doesn't remember
any of the women accusing him
of sexual harassment.
[woman] What did the judge ask you, John?
Did you admit to any crimes?
[John] God will answer that for you.
[Gualberto] John is a 78-year-old man
who needs supervision.
The defense suggested house arrest
with electronic surveillance,
which will not harm anyone.
[woman] Did you hurt anyone?
[theme music plays]
CURE - FAITH - MEDIUM
SPIRITUAL SURGERY
SILENCE
- [man] The audio is good, right?
- [man 2] All good.
2016 - TWO YEARS
BEFORE ACCUSATIONS ARE MADE KNOWN
Alright. Three, two, one, recording.
Well, I'm here with Dalva.
Dalva Teixeira Sousa
who has something to say to us.
I'm surprised to have you here, Dalva.
DALVA TEIXEIRA DE SOUSA
JOHN OF GOD'S DAUGHTER
And I'm glad that you have trusted us
with such an intimate story.
You're the daughter of one
of the most famous men in Goiás.
[man 2] From Brasília to Terra Rádio
[man] I only realized
who John of God really was
when I met a person in one
of the radio stations
I work in.
She was his daughter,
but I didn't know her.
She came to me
and told me she enjoyed the show
THIAGO MENDES
JOURNALIS
that she was a fan of mine,
and wanted to tell me a story.
One day, my father came
from Abadiânia with a white candle
and said, "Sweetie
put a mark on this candle for me."
I said, "How?" and he replied,
"Scratch it with you nail."
I did it and asked him why.
He said he was performing
spiritual work with me,
with Saint Ignatius of Loyola.
[Mendes] What happened next, Dalva?
[Dalva] Then he took all my clothes off,
he also took his off,
and he molested me the whole night.
When I was nine, almost ten,
he sexually abused me for the first time.
My father's abuse got worse and worse.
He always hit on me,
and asked me to sleep with him.
I couldn't stand it anymore.
At 14, I dated Tcheca,
my children's father,
without my father knowing.
And my father became really angry.
He told his people to call me.
It was about 3:00 p.m.
Then, he said,
"Are you pregnant?"
Then he trampled me down,
all over my belly.
He beat me with a cattle prod,
with those whips tipped
with a cement ball used in rodeos.
He didn't care if it hurt.
He beat me hard.
He felt sorry for it later.
He said, "Sweetie,
forgive me for what I've done."
After one week, he made me get married.
After a month,
he wanted to annul the marriage.
He didn't want me to be with Tcheca.
So I told him, "No, you made me do it,
now I'll stay married."
I got pregnant right after that.
I was 14, 15, 16 when I had my children.
One year later, I got divorced.
We fought a lot. We didn't get along well.
Honestly, I married him
to be free from my father
so he wouldn't abuse me anymore.
I spent my life going from place to place,
on the run, running away from him.
But he had told me, "If you're not mine,
you'll lose your children, your house,
you'll lose everything you have."
And I really did lose everything.
We started running out of food at home.
It got to a point
where my kids had nothing to eat.
I gave them bread, water, and sugar.
That's when,
seeing my kids crying and hungry,
I called my ex-husband and said,
"Tcheca, I'm sending you the kids."
And he said, "Okay."
I put the children in a taxi
and sent them there.
And I told him,
"I just need to get back on my feet."
And he said, "Okay."
I didn't see my kids for eight years.
They wouldn't let me see my kids.
I hit rock bottom.
One day, I hitchhiked to Abadiânia
because I didn't have money.
My dad found out I was in Abadiânia.
Then he came to me and said,
"Forgive me," and this and that.
"Now things will be different."
And I told him, "I'm not coming back here.
I don't want to be closer to you."
"No, I'll give you everything, Dalva."
"Everything, including your kids."
When he said
he was going to give me my kids,
I fell apart.
He asked me,
"Do you wanna be with your kids?"
I said, "More than anything."
He said, "So you will have to be mine."
One of my sons
saw me passing by in the car.
He came to me.
He hugged me.
In prison for a year now,
John of God was sentenced today
to 19 years and four months
of detention for sex crimes.
He also faces 12 more accusations.
DECEMBER 19, 2019
This is John of God's first conviction
for these crimes.
In addition to the complaints,
other cases have already passed
the statute of limitations.
So far, 319 possible victims
have been identified.
When I saw my dad being arrested,
I felt relief.
I was very scared
he would hurt my children.
I knew that if he hadn't been arrested,
he would've hurt them.
Not him personally. He gives the orders.
Hi, Gabriela. How are you?
Looking back at this whole year,
it's good to end with this verdict,
with a sentence
that's favorable for the victims.
ANDREA MANNELLI
SURVIVOR
I leave this place today, Andrea,
feeling so light-hearted,
so happy to be a state prosecutor.
We were touched by all the victims,
GABRIELA MANSSUR
PROSECUTOR
We'd often cry with those victims.
I remember that I'd feel
really fragile and helpless,
but at the same time, I'd feel emotional
about giving hope to all these women.
[Brito] I'm a strong woman,
but I'm also very sensitive,
and that reflects my career choice
MARINA BRITO
SURVIVOR
dealing with and treating human beings.
As a physical therapist,
I can express myself
and be very close to my essence.
When I think of what happened to me,
of my vulnerability,
of ending up at that Home,
but when there's a human being there,
even if I had never heard about John,
I projected this image
I created of him as this savior.
Hold this for me.
You must give it to me when I ask you.
Give that to me. Walk away.
You can go.
[Brito] When a person is given
all that power he had been given,
we saw then when people unmasked him.
There were famous people,
artists, so many people who deified him.
Imagine what went through his head.
Of course he felt powerful.
But when there's a human being there,
who had been given all that power,
and everything
that people insisted on giving him
You must question yourself
because there is no such thing.
So that's it. You must question.
I'm so brave.
[Brito] You are brave.
No hands.
What happened to me back there,
a fact, an event.
This is not fate.
I can say that
what happened to me brought change.
And I consider it a process
of change and transformation
which helps me with healing.
Come here.
- [Avila] I'll get a chair.
- A stool. This stool right here.
REJANE ARAÚJO
SURVIVOR
Come closer.
When I was watching Bial
MARCIA AVILA
REJANE'S PARTNER
and Márcia was right about it,
more than ever,
I turned to her and said,
"See? I was telling the truth!"
"See how deep it was?"
- I've never doubted you.
- I know,
but I made sure to emphasize
that I had lived through that.
The story I had told you wasn't made up.
[Avila] There was substance and evidence.
Exactly. I was able
to prove that to people.
It set me free.
I was able to prove to people
what had happened to me,
that the story I had told them,
there were other people telling
the same story.
I think that if there was only one woman,
the story would've gone nowhere.
[Araújo] Exactly.
Like it happened many times.
They tried it.
I'm outraged because it took all of this
for people to believe the victims' words.
Right?
- But I've never doubted you.
- Thank you.
I had someone in my life
who helped me go through
this process of healing.
When I was in denial,
when I wanted to give up living,
she was there for me.
I picked myself up
because I had rejected myself so much
that I needed to rebuild myself again.
I needed to see myself again.
Who are you?
Who are you after so many wounds?
After so many scars?
What kind of woman are you?
What answer will you be giving
to the world with all this?
I think that as time went by,
the more I told people about it,
I didn't feel ashamed anymore.
"Yes, I was abused."
"Yes, that happened to me.
Yes, I'll show my face. Yes, it's me."
I have no reason to hide. It's my story.
It obviously hurts. It hurts a lot.
It leaves wounds, like I said.
It leaves physical scars on my body
that I don't wish on anyone.
But today,
I can look at it with different eyes.
I can see myself a different way.
I wanna live.
And this has awakened me.
He hasn't taken away my faith.
When I found Candomblé,
my heart stayed in it.
I always believed in it.
I find myself in this religion.
I feel at peace. I feel good with it.
[people singing and drumming]
And this is Candomblé.
It's like a shoulder.
It embraces you. It shelters you.
You have the drums, the beats
Everything moves. The body, the spirit.
It's one thing. You're one.
[singing and drumming continue]
If I'm still standing here
after what happened to me in Abadiânia,
I owe it to my entities.
[singing and drumming continue]
[quiet guitar music plays]
Abadiânia nowadays
is what you can see here.
JARDEL WAGNER
VOLUNTEER AT THE HOME
When you drove around,
there used to be lots of people.
A big crowd. A lot of people.
The crowd of believers working,
making their way to the Home.
Today, this is all you see.
Closed doors, stores.
HOSTEL PARKING LO
50% OFF CASH
25% OFF CREDI
[da Silva] The city as a whole recognizes
that the local economy plummeted.
BRAZ GONTIJO DA SILVA
ABADIÂNIA MAYOR, 1973-1977
It's obvious that before,
there was a lot of money circulating.
Dollars and foreigners.
Lots of foreigners.
And this generated
a circulation of wealth, right?
So there's this feeling of mourning.
Here it is.
These rooms are empty now
so if you want to look at them,
these were adapted
for people with disabilities.
They all have two or three beds.
And here
Just so you have an idea,
I own a small inn like this,
I was fully booked until 2023.
NORBERTO KIS
VOLUNTEER AND HOSTEL OWNER
People would fight for a vacancy.
Now it's just loss.
[John] Normally, we fail to thank God
for everything we receive.
And it's important to understand
there are circumstances
in our lives which are challenges,
and many times are painful
due to what we have
to retrieve in this life.
Because when we came to Earth,
we didn't come to enjoy it.
We came here to perform a work.
Some of our brothers
and sisters hesitated about their faith.
I talked to many people
ANGELA HOMERCHER
VOLUNTEER AT THE HOME
with brothers and sisters
who came here every week,
who lost their trust
because they let themselves go
and had their minds polluted
by everything that was said.
The Home without Mr. John
continued to do his work as he taught it.
We kept seeing
and receiving people for visits.
We kept offering them the same work
he solidified over his years of work.
[Wagner] We are here
because we love the Home.
We have faith in it
for the works performed here,
for the people who come to be cured.
It's our responsibility.
[interviewer] So now, Jardel,
are you an employee here?
- You're not a volunteer?
- [Wagner] No. I'm a volunteer.
- [interviewer] You don't get paid?
- No, I don't.
I get help from the entities,
from the spirituality.
What I do for a living, my daily bread,
is my work with transportation.
People call me
if some want to have a tour.
And I do it.
No wonder I'm here,
and my family is in Rio Grande do Sul.
My mom and my kids.
I do miss them,
but I'm committed to this place.
That was my promise and I'll keep it.
[Homercher] In 25 years, I got to know
a bit of every sector at the Home.
My favorite thing here was hearing
the medium
or the entity discharge someone.
They'd say,
"Son, you're cured. You can go now."
It's over. There's nothing there anymore.
You're discharged.
[Homercher] "Father,
I can be discharged now."
Sometimes he looked me in the eye.
I cried, but he looked at me
with so much love and patience
that I felt I couldn't, you know?
And I'd accept it a little longer.
I also think a lot about
this deadline he gave me.
Somehow, either through medium John
or through the entities themselves,
when the time comes
for me to be discharged,
he'll let me know
that I am healed and can leave.
STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN GOIÁS
The state prosecutors of Goiás
must present today
another complaint against the medium.
The religious man is already a defendant
in cases of rape
and rape of vulnerable persons.
[Meireles] Good morning, everyone.
Thank you for coming.
Today's subject is a new report
against Mr. João Teixeira de Faria.
It's important to point out
that up to today,
victims are still contacting
the local prosecutors
and whenever new information is released,
other victims feel empowered
to come to us.
So it's always important
to talk about the case.
[Gualberto] The way we see it
there's strong media pressure
in regards to this case.
It turns out that
this case makes people uncomfortable
when they analyze John's processes.
ANDERSON VAN GUALBERTO
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
The problem is he is John of God.
If he was John Doe,
some random John, or some John Smith,
this case would be closed.
He would be at home under house arrest.
JANUARY 20, 2020
[woman] The medium John of God
was sentenced once more.
[man] This was John of God's
third sentence
since his arrest in December 2018.
[woman 2] In total, the sentences reached
63 years and four months of prison.
[Gualberto] It's not easy
for anyone receiving the news
that you were sentenced
for something you didn't do.
But we are very confident
that when these lawsuits
make their way to higher courts,
we will be able
to separate the wheat from the chaff
and show that this is
one of the biggest cases of injustice
committed by
the Brazilian judicial system.
We will live to see it.
There is justice
with courts following the case.
LUIZA ELUF
ATTORNEY OF THE SURVIVORS
We have a whole population
that is outraged about what happened.
The whole international community
is outraged
because many people came from abroad.
A lot of people.
They were deceived by John of God.
I don't feel sorry for John of God.
I just want him alive
for a very long time.
I want him to feel remorse someday
for what he has done.
[Dalva] My father
lost interest in other women
so he started stalking me.
Anywhere I went, he went after me.
He'd send messages.
I thought, "I'm all grown up." So I left.
I went to São Paulo.
I was there for another six years
without seeing my children.
Then I started doing heavy drugs.
I used them to forget.
Then he found out where I was.
He had them bring me
to Abadiânia from São Paulo.
I arrived very weak, very skinny.
He put me in a clinic.
He went there one day
with Mr. Ronivan, his lawyer,
asking me to record a video
in which I should deny everything
that had happened between us,
because my children wanted
to harm him and me as well.
So if I wanted my children to be alive,
I had to record that video.
Thank you, sir.
VIDEO RELEASED IN DECEMBER 2018
I want to say to everyone
that this sweet man next to me
has never committed
any sexual abuse with me.
He has never left me unassisted.
Nor my kids, my siblings,
my nephews and nieces.
What you're doing to him is unfair.
It's all about money.
I'm sorry for everything, Dad.
[Dalva] Ronivan would say, "Pet his hair."
"Say the accusations are false."
So I recorded the video.
When he found out
that I was discharged three days later,
that I had left the clinic,
he went mad.
So he sent his people after me
to pressure my kids
to dismiss the charges against him.
[man] You pressed charges
against your grandfather, John of God.
[man 2] Yes.
[man] Has he tried to bribe you
so you'd dismiss those charges?
I recorded one
of the conversations we had last week.
PAULO HENRIQUE HONDA
DALVA'S SON - 2016
He asked his sons to come after us,
after my mom.
He offered her a house and assistance
in exchange for her
talking us out of suing him.
It's recorded when I said,
"Mom, we're still alive."
"We're going forward with the charges
because you are not the only victim."
"There are other victims as well."
"Let's go on with those charges
and justice will be served."
"He says he can bribe anyone,
but someone will help us eventually."
[Mendes] When I interviewed Dalva,
I'm not sure
how this information got to John of God.
Dalva herself advised me
not to publish the story
because her dad was a very powerful man.
Very rich and had branched out
his influence to all dimensions of power.
She told me she had no doubt that,
if I published this report,
without greater support,
he could order to have me killed.
So because of that, because of his power,
most of all his economic power,
and also after discussing it
with my family,
I decided not to publish it at that time.
The first opportunity I had,
and I felt safe doing that,
I gave the material to the press.
Oh, John of God ♪
Oh, John of God ♪
Those who know you
Shall not forget you ♪
[Dalva] My father
he has something that I can't explain,
but it's definitely not from God.
I'm sure of that.
My dad's gift is crying.
Crying when he does something wrong.
Crying and saying that he doesn't heal,
God heals.
I depend upon people's help,
I live here because someone lets me.
I eat with the help of my daughter,
but every now and then, I feel depressed
because there's still
a lot to be clarified and to be solved.
And I think it's gonna take a while.
I hope justice prevails.
I want justice.
STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN GOIÁS
[Meireles] About Dalva,
there's no possibility of conviction
in regards to the acts against her.
That's because the statute of limitations
has already expired.
Today, Mr. João Teixeira is 78 years old.
This means the statue of limitations
for his crimes is cut by half.
That's my main battle now.
That the statute of limitations for crimes
of rape and murder of a woman in Brazil
have no expiration
because this favors
the evil rapists and murderers of women.
[Mannelli] After I gave
my statement to the court,
I understood how important
it was to come forward.
I understood that I wasn't alone
in this universe.
That this universe is much bigger than me.
HIGH RATES OF FEMICIDE
[woman] We're going to talk
about the launch
of the Justice Wears a Skirt Institute.
I'm here with Gabriela Manssur,
a state prosecutor,
who is also a founder of the institute,
and with Andrea Mannelli,
who is the Director of Communication
and Content of the institute.
Many reasons led me
to create this institute.
First of all, the great number of people
who dedicate themselves voluntarily
to fight and promote women's rights.
And we understand that women don't
just want to report the attacker,
they also need to be included
in public policies,
in projects that help them
get back on their feet,
reconstruct themselves
after being violated,
so they can recover their self-esteem.
[Mannelli] As I got closer to Gabriela,
I understood a little bit of her fight.
Then she invited me.
She said, "Look.
You represent the pain of these women."
"You represent the side of the victim."
We have this important role with society
and the institute
is here to help with that,
to support the victims.
You have to reach out.
You have to embrace these victims.
You have to help them
get out of the situation of the victim.
- Hi, Mom, how are you? Hi, Dad.
- Hi. I'm good.
How about you? Wow, how pretty.
This is what women want:
justice and a decrease in pain.
Many of them, like Andrea and like me,
we transformed the pain into strength
so we can fight for other women.
This violence is painful, it has shape,
color, a first name, and a last name.
It's real, it exists.
Not talking about it
won't make it disappear
or cease to exist.
You're very brave. You are a warrior.
May God bless you.
Congratulations for being a brave woman.
[Manssur] This country lacks justice
in regards to women.
It's a country that destroys women,
that kills 12, 13, 14, 15 women a day
just because they're women.
Not in a robbery or something,
not in a tragedy.
They die because they're women.
Look how disastrous that is for a country,
a country that doesn't respect someone's
life because the someone is a woman.
A country where you don't respect
someone's sexual rights
because they're a woman.
JUSTICE WEARS A SKIRT INSTITUTE
And I'm sure that February 18, 2020
will be forever remembered by all of you
with the launch
of the Justice Wears a Skirt Institute.
This pain belongs to all of us,
and to the whole society
when Brazil has the 5th-highest rate
in the world of women being killed.
So we need to talk about this.
I'm not saying we will overcome this pain.
The pain exists
and will continue existing.
If you don't face it
and take ownership of it,
it'll haunt you for the rest of your life.
And I don't intend on having this ghost
living with me for the rest of my life.
I am a victim
of one of the most famous cases
of violence against women in this country,
maybe in the world,
the case of the medium,
João Teixeira de Faria.
And this led to my biggest contribution.
Only those who felt the pain, the disgust,
the sadness, and the fear
of this type of violence
[applause]
are able to understand
the nightmare that this is.
I transformed my pain into strength.
My intelligence became a powerful weapon.
My dedication became investigation.
And my voice
became an instrument for my fight.
And I realized that you can be
the star of your own story.
Even though it's a winding road,
you are the one who writes the ending.
[applause]
MARCH 2020
[man] Almost four million people
have already been infected
by COVID-19 worldwide.
A report released today
by the Imperial College of London
3,982,724 CASES
275,759 DEAD - 1,376,230 RECOVERED
states that Brazil
will face an explosion of cases
if the country
doesn't adopt stronger isolation measures.
[woman] Researchers
from the University of Goiás
say that the state could be
the new epicenter
of COVID-19 in the country.
[man] John of God is a defendant
in 11 different cases for sexual abuse,
rape of vulnerable persons, fraud,
and illegal possession
of firearms and ammunition.
[woman] His lawyers have
already requested John of God's release.
They are requesting
the medium serves his sentence at home
with electronic monitoring.
In regards to his freedom
MARCOS LARA
JOHN OF GOD'S ATTORNEY
the biggest question we have is:
"What would be the harm in letting
a world-famous man serve his time at home
with 24-hour electronic monitoring?"
What kind of damage would come from that?
All of the victims have been heard.
All of the witnesses have been heard.
His sentence is already up to 60 years.
If he had a million years more,
it wouldn't make a difference.
So what harm would it cause?
What we have here,
as we see it,
is an individual who is sentenced
to more than 60 years
for heinous crimes,
who, according to a medical report
from the court itself,
is capable of meeting all
of the conditions
to serve his sentence in prison.
We don't see a reason for this individual
to serve his time at home.
I would also like
to thank our beloved medium,
João Teixeira de Faria,
this man who dedicated his life
to this place
and who, through Don Ignatius' phalanx,
has the power of healing.
If the waters of life's sea ♪
Try to drown you ♪
Hold on to God's hand ♪
And let go ♪
If the sorrows in this life ♪
Try to weigh you down ♪
Hold on to God's hand ♪
[intense music plays]
[no dialogue]
PRISON COMPLEX IN APARECIDA DE GOIÂNIA
GOIÁS - BRAZIL
The court system has granted
house arrest to John of God,
sentenced to more than 40 years
for sexual crimes.
[woman 2] The decision takes into account
the risk of contagion
with the new coronavirus.
The defense lawyers requested
that he serves his time at home
due to his old age and health issues.
John of God is 78 years old and has been
in prison for a year and four months.
The state prosecutors of Goiás
said they will appeal the decision.
- [people chattering]
- [bracelet beeping]
[interviewer] What do you have to say
about the accusations that came to light?
Everyone who preached the word of God
were nailed to the cross,
even His son was nailed to the cross.
If he went, why wouldn't I?
What I told the authorities
is what happened,
not what people are saying.
[Brito] When I heard the news
about his release from prison
and being under house arrest
he gets to be just like us
because it's a situation
in which everybody is isolated
because of the pandemic.
So
it's the same.
How come?
That monster,
a man who is capable of evil things.
How come he is at home like us?
House arrest?
We're all in house arrest right now.
How come?
It's like being stabbed.
Stabbed in the back.
Damn.
[Araújo] That man
the abuser was free and I was imprisoned.
Not only imprisoned in life,
in my day-to-day life,
but also in my anguish,
in my feelings.
This became a prison for us.
IN THE NAME OF GOD
CURE BY FAITH
WHO IS MEDIUM JOHN OF GOD
[bracelet beeps]
[interviewer] What do you think
will happen now?
At this moment
I truly believe in the authorities.
I put my life
in the authorities' hands.
I put my life in God's hands.
I'm conscious
that God will help me.
[Mannelli] He's a culprit
sentenced to 60 years,
and his place is in prison.
I hope Brazilian justice
will act correctly
in the João Teixeira de Faria case
giving justice to hundreds of victims
and place him where he deserves,
which is in jail.
Our Father,
may God guide you to the right path.
May seven angels follow you,
and seven lights brighten your way.
Holy Mary is our godmother.
Our Lord is our savior.
JOHN OF GOD REMAINS UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
HAS FILED AN APPEAL
REQUESTING THAT HE RETURN TO PRISON.
AS OF JULY 2021,
JOHN OF GOD HAD BEEN SENTENCED
TO 63 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS IN PRISON.
ANDREA, REJANE, MARINA,
AND ANOTHER 54 SURVIVORS
AWAIT A COURT DECISION
REGARDING THEIR CASES.
330 WOMEN PRESSED CHARGES AGAINS
JOÃO TEIXEIRA DE FREITAS, JOHN OF GOD.
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATION
HAS EXPIRED IN MANY CASES.
DALVA TEIXEIRA DE SOUSA FILED A CIVIL SUI
AGAINST HER FATHER IN 2018,
CLAIMING COMPENSATION
FOR MORAL DAMAGES.
HER CASE WAS FILED BECAUSE
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAID
SHE MISSED THE LEGAL DEADLINE
TO SEEK COMPENSATION.
IF YOU KNOW A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE OR ABUSE
AND NEED HELP TO FIND RESOURCES
VISIT WWW.WANNATALKABOUTIT.COM
SCENES OF UNCONVENTIONAL SURGERY
AND REPORTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
MAY BE TRIGGERING
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES
COUR
APARECIDA DE GOIÂNIA - BRAZIL
There will be an interrogation today.
In Brazilian criminal process,
the interrogation is the last step.
LUCIANO MIRANDA MEIRELES
PROSECUTOR
After having heard all the victims,
we hear the defendant's version.
[man] John of God was arrested
on December 16th of last year,
accused of committing sexual abuse
during religious ceremonies.
[woman] This interrogation is related
to the case in São Paulo?
[Meireles] Given the line of defense,
there is not much to expect from it
HEARING ROOM
1ST CRIMINAL COUR
because he basically keeps silent.
He denies everything
and says he doesn't know
any of those victims.
But our hope is that, some day,
he will break his silence,
and he will admit
to what he did all of those years.
It may be my personal opinion,
but he doesn't seem to have
any type of compassion for the victims.
So far
he hasn't shown any signs
of regret for anything he has done.
[man] His statement lasted
an hour and a half.
The medium said he doesn't remember
any of the women accusing him
of sexual harassment.
[woman] What did the judge ask you, John?
Did you admit to any crimes?
[John] God will answer that for you.
[Gualberto] John is a 78-year-old man
who needs supervision.
The defense suggested house arrest
with electronic surveillance,
which will not harm anyone.
[woman] Did you hurt anyone?
[theme music plays]
CURE - FAITH - MEDIUM
SPIRITUAL SURGERY
SILENCE
- [man] The audio is good, right?
- [man 2] All good.
2016 - TWO YEARS
BEFORE ACCUSATIONS ARE MADE KNOWN
Alright. Three, two, one, recording.
Well, I'm here with Dalva.
Dalva Teixeira Sousa
who has something to say to us.
I'm surprised to have you here, Dalva.
DALVA TEIXEIRA DE SOUSA
JOHN OF GOD'S DAUGHTER
And I'm glad that you have trusted us
with such an intimate story.
You're the daughter of one
of the most famous men in Goiás.
[man 2] From Brasília to Terra Rádio
[man] I only realized
who John of God really was
when I met a person in one
of the radio stations
I work in.
She was his daughter,
but I didn't know her.
She came to me
and told me she enjoyed the show
THIAGO MENDES
JOURNALIS
that she was a fan of mine,
and wanted to tell me a story.
One day, my father came
from Abadiânia with a white candle
and said, "Sweetie
put a mark on this candle for me."
I said, "How?" and he replied,
"Scratch it with you nail."
I did it and asked him why.
He said he was performing
spiritual work with me,
with Saint Ignatius of Loyola.
[Mendes] What happened next, Dalva?
[Dalva] Then he took all my clothes off,
he also took his off,
and he molested me the whole night.
When I was nine, almost ten,
he sexually abused me for the first time.
My father's abuse got worse and worse.
He always hit on me,
and asked me to sleep with him.
I couldn't stand it anymore.
At 14, I dated Tcheca,
my children's father,
without my father knowing.
And my father became really angry.
He told his people to call me.
It was about 3:00 p.m.
Then, he said,
"Are you pregnant?"
Then he trampled me down,
all over my belly.
He beat me with a cattle prod,
with those whips tipped
with a cement ball used in rodeos.
He didn't care if it hurt.
He beat me hard.
He felt sorry for it later.
He said, "Sweetie,
forgive me for what I've done."
After one week, he made me get married.
After a month,
he wanted to annul the marriage.
He didn't want me to be with Tcheca.
So I told him, "No, you made me do it,
now I'll stay married."
I got pregnant right after that.
I was 14, 15, 16 when I had my children.
One year later, I got divorced.
We fought a lot. We didn't get along well.
Honestly, I married him
to be free from my father
so he wouldn't abuse me anymore.
I spent my life going from place to place,
on the run, running away from him.
But he had told me, "If you're not mine,
you'll lose your children, your house,
you'll lose everything you have."
And I really did lose everything.
We started running out of food at home.
It got to a point
where my kids had nothing to eat.
I gave them bread, water, and sugar.
That's when,
seeing my kids crying and hungry,
I called my ex-husband and said,
"Tcheca, I'm sending you the kids."
And he said, "Okay."
I put the children in a taxi
and sent them there.
And I told him,
"I just need to get back on my feet."
And he said, "Okay."
I didn't see my kids for eight years.
They wouldn't let me see my kids.
I hit rock bottom.
One day, I hitchhiked to Abadiânia
because I didn't have money.
My dad found out I was in Abadiânia.
Then he came to me and said,
"Forgive me," and this and that.
"Now things will be different."
And I told him, "I'm not coming back here.
I don't want to be closer to you."
"No, I'll give you everything, Dalva."
"Everything, including your kids."
When he said
he was going to give me my kids,
I fell apart.
He asked me,
"Do you wanna be with your kids?"
I said, "More than anything."
He said, "So you will have to be mine."
One of my sons
saw me passing by in the car.
He came to me.
He hugged me.
In prison for a year now,
John of God was sentenced today
to 19 years and four months
of detention for sex crimes.
He also faces 12 more accusations.
DECEMBER 19, 2019
This is John of God's first conviction
for these crimes.
In addition to the complaints,
other cases have already passed
the statute of limitations.
So far, 319 possible victims
have been identified.
When I saw my dad being arrested,
I felt relief.
I was very scared
he would hurt my children.
I knew that if he hadn't been arrested,
he would've hurt them.
Not him personally. He gives the orders.
Hi, Gabriela. How are you?
Looking back at this whole year,
it's good to end with this verdict,
with a sentence
that's favorable for the victims.
ANDREA MANNELLI
SURVIVOR
I leave this place today, Andrea,
feeling so light-hearted,
so happy to be a state prosecutor.
We were touched by all the victims,
GABRIELA MANSSUR
PROSECUTOR
We'd often cry with those victims.
I remember that I'd feel
really fragile and helpless,
but at the same time, I'd feel emotional
about giving hope to all these women.
[Brito] I'm a strong woman,
but I'm also very sensitive,
and that reflects my career choice
MARINA BRITO
SURVIVOR
dealing with and treating human beings.
As a physical therapist,
I can express myself
and be very close to my essence.
When I think of what happened to me,
of my vulnerability,
of ending up at that Home,
but when there's a human being there,
even if I had never heard about John,
I projected this image
I created of him as this savior.
Hold this for me.
You must give it to me when I ask you.
Give that to me. Walk away.
You can go.
[Brito] When a person is given
all that power he had been given,
we saw then when people unmasked him.
There were famous people,
artists, so many people who deified him.
Imagine what went through his head.
Of course he felt powerful.
But when there's a human being there,
who had been given all that power,
and everything
that people insisted on giving him
You must question yourself
because there is no such thing.
So that's it. You must question.
I'm so brave.
[Brito] You are brave.
No hands.
What happened to me back there,
a fact, an event.
This is not fate.
I can say that
what happened to me brought change.
And I consider it a process
of change and transformation
which helps me with healing.
Come here.
- [Avila] I'll get a chair.
- A stool. This stool right here.
REJANE ARAÚJO
SURVIVOR
Come closer.
When I was watching Bial
MARCIA AVILA
REJANE'S PARTNER
and Márcia was right about it,
more than ever,
I turned to her and said,
"See? I was telling the truth!"
"See how deep it was?"
- I've never doubted you.
- I know,
but I made sure to emphasize
that I had lived through that.
The story I had told you wasn't made up.
[Avila] There was substance and evidence.
Exactly. I was able
to prove that to people.
It set me free.
I was able to prove to people
what had happened to me,
that the story I had told them,
there were other people telling
the same story.
I think that if there was only one woman,
the story would've gone nowhere.
[Araújo] Exactly.
Like it happened many times.
They tried it.
I'm outraged because it took all of this
for people to believe the victims' words.
Right?
- But I've never doubted you.
- Thank you.
I had someone in my life
who helped me go through
this process of healing.
When I was in denial,
when I wanted to give up living,
she was there for me.
I picked myself up
because I had rejected myself so much
that I needed to rebuild myself again.
I needed to see myself again.
Who are you?
Who are you after so many wounds?
After so many scars?
What kind of woman are you?
What answer will you be giving
to the world with all this?
I think that as time went by,
the more I told people about it,
I didn't feel ashamed anymore.
"Yes, I was abused."
"Yes, that happened to me.
Yes, I'll show my face. Yes, it's me."
I have no reason to hide. It's my story.
It obviously hurts. It hurts a lot.
It leaves wounds, like I said.
It leaves physical scars on my body
that I don't wish on anyone.
But today,
I can look at it with different eyes.
I can see myself a different way.
I wanna live.
And this has awakened me.
He hasn't taken away my faith.
When I found Candomblé,
my heart stayed in it.
I always believed in it.
I find myself in this religion.
I feel at peace. I feel good with it.
[people singing and drumming]
And this is Candomblé.
It's like a shoulder.
It embraces you. It shelters you.
You have the drums, the beats
Everything moves. The body, the spirit.
It's one thing. You're one.
[singing and drumming continue]
If I'm still standing here
after what happened to me in Abadiânia,
I owe it to my entities.
[singing and drumming continue]
[quiet guitar music plays]
Abadiânia nowadays
is what you can see here.
JARDEL WAGNER
VOLUNTEER AT THE HOME
When you drove around,
there used to be lots of people.
A big crowd. A lot of people.
The crowd of believers working,
making their way to the Home.
Today, this is all you see.
Closed doors, stores.
HOSTEL PARKING LO
50% OFF CASH
25% OFF CREDI
[da Silva] The city as a whole recognizes
that the local economy plummeted.
BRAZ GONTIJO DA SILVA
ABADIÂNIA MAYOR, 1973-1977
It's obvious that before,
there was a lot of money circulating.
Dollars and foreigners.
Lots of foreigners.
And this generated
a circulation of wealth, right?
So there's this feeling of mourning.
Here it is.
These rooms are empty now
so if you want to look at them,
these were adapted
for people with disabilities.
They all have two or three beds.
And here
Just so you have an idea,
I own a small inn like this,
I was fully booked until 2023.
NORBERTO KIS
VOLUNTEER AND HOSTEL OWNER
People would fight for a vacancy.
Now it's just loss.
[John] Normally, we fail to thank God
for everything we receive.
And it's important to understand
there are circumstances
in our lives which are challenges,
and many times are painful
due to what we have
to retrieve in this life.
Because when we came to Earth,
we didn't come to enjoy it.
We came here to perform a work.
Some of our brothers
and sisters hesitated about their faith.
I talked to many people
ANGELA HOMERCHER
VOLUNTEER AT THE HOME
with brothers and sisters
who came here every week,
who lost their trust
because they let themselves go
and had their minds polluted
by everything that was said.
The Home without Mr. John
continued to do his work as he taught it.
We kept seeing
and receiving people for visits.
We kept offering them the same work
he solidified over his years of work.
[Wagner] We are here
because we love the Home.
We have faith in it
for the works performed here,
for the people who come to be cured.
It's our responsibility.
[interviewer] So now, Jardel,
are you an employee here?
- You're not a volunteer?
- [Wagner] No. I'm a volunteer.
- [interviewer] You don't get paid?
- No, I don't.
I get help from the entities,
from the spirituality.
What I do for a living, my daily bread,
is my work with transportation.
People call me
if some want to have a tour.
And I do it.
No wonder I'm here,
and my family is in Rio Grande do Sul.
My mom and my kids.
I do miss them,
but I'm committed to this place.
That was my promise and I'll keep it.
[Homercher] In 25 years, I got to know
a bit of every sector at the Home.
My favorite thing here was hearing
the medium
or the entity discharge someone.
They'd say,
"Son, you're cured. You can go now."
It's over. There's nothing there anymore.
You're discharged.
[Homercher] "Father,
I can be discharged now."
Sometimes he looked me in the eye.
I cried, but he looked at me
with so much love and patience
that I felt I couldn't, you know?
And I'd accept it a little longer.
I also think a lot about
this deadline he gave me.
Somehow, either through medium John
or through the entities themselves,
when the time comes
for me to be discharged,
he'll let me know
that I am healed and can leave.
STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN GOIÁS
The state prosecutors of Goiás
must present today
another complaint against the medium.
The religious man is already a defendant
in cases of rape
and rape of vulnerable persons.
[Meireles] Good morning, everyone.
Thank you for coming.
Today's subject is a new report
against Mr. João Teixeira de Faria.
It's important to point out
that up to today,
victims are still contacting
the local prosecutors
and whenever new information is released,
other victims feel empowered
to come to us.
So it's always important
to talk about the case.
[Gualberto] The way we see it
there's strong media pressure
in regards to this case.
It turns out that
this case makes people uncomfortable
when they analyze John's processes.
ANDERSON VAN GUALBERTO
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
The problem is he is John of God.
If he was John Doe,
some random John, or some John Smith,
this case would be closed.
He would be at home under house arrest.
JANUARY 20, 2020
[woman] The medium John of God
was sentenced once more.
[man] This was John of God's
third sentence
since his arrest in December 2018.
[woman 2] In total, the sentences reached
63 years and four months of prison.
[Gualberto] It's not easy
for anyone receiving the news
that you were sentenced
for something you didn't do.
But we are very confident
that when these lawsuits
make their way to higher courts,
we will be able
to separate the wheat from the chaff
and show that this is
one of the biggest cases of injustice
committed by
the Brazilian judicial system.
We will live to see it.
There is justice
with courts following the case.
LUIZA ELUF
ATTORNEY OF THE SURVIVORS
We have a whole population
that is outraged about what happened.
The whole international community
is outraged
because many people came from abroad.
A lot of people.
They were deceived by John of God.
I don't feel sorry for John of God.
I just want him alive
for a very long time.
I want him to feel remorse someday
for what he has done.
[Dalva] My father
lost interest in other women
so he started stalking me.
Anywhere I went, he went after me.
He'd send messages.
I thought, "I'm all grown up." So I left.
I went to São Paulo.
I was there for another six years
without seeing my children.
Then I started doing heavy drugs.
I used them to forget.
Then he found out where I was.
He had them bring me
to Abadiânia from São Paulo.
I arrived very weak, very skinny.
He put me in a clinic.
He went there one day
with Mr. Ronivan, his lawyer,
asking me to record a video
in which I should deny everything
that had happened between us,
because my children wanted
to harm him and me as well.
So if I wanted my children to be alive,
I had to record that video.
Thank you, sir.
VIDEO RELEASED IN DECEMBER 2018
I want to say to everyone
that this sweet man next to me
has never committed
any sexual abuse with me.
He has never left me unassisted.
Nor my kids, my siblings,
my nephews and nieces.
What you're doing to him is unfair.
It's all about money.
I'm sorry for everything, Dad.
[Dalva] Ronivan would say, "Pet his hair."
"Say the accusations are false."
So I recorded the video.
When he found out
that I was discharged three days later,
that I had left the clinic,
he went mad.
So he sent his people after me
to pressure my kids
to dismiss the charges against him.
[man] You pressed charges
against your grandfather, John of God.
[man 2] Yes.
[man] Has he tried to bribe you
so you'd dismiss those charges?
I recorded one
of the conversations we had last week.
PAULO HENRIQUE HONDA
DALVA'S SON - 2016
He asked his sons to come after us,
after my mom.
He offered her a house and assistance
in exchange for her
talking us out of suing him.
It's recorded when I said,
"Mom, we're still alive."
"We're going forward with the charges
because you are not the only victim."
"There are other victims as well."
"Let's go on with those charges
and justice will be served."
"He says he can bribe anyone,
but someone will help us eventually."
[Mendes] When I interviewed Dalva,
I'm not sure
how this information got to John of God.
Dalva herself advised me
not to publish the story
because her dad was a very powerful man.
Very rich and had branched out
his influence to all dimensions of power.
She told me she had no doubt that,
if I published this report,
without greater support,
he could order to have me killed.
So because of that, because of his power,
most of all his economic power,
and also after discussing it
with my family,
I decided not to publish it at that time.
The first opportunity I had,
and I felt safe doing that,
I gave the material to the press.
Oh, John of God ♪
Oh, John of God ♪
Those who know you
Shall not forget you ♪
[Dalva] My father
he has something that I can't explain,
but it's definitely not from God.
I'm sure of that.
My dad's gift is crying.
Crying when he does something wrong.
Crying and saying that he doesn't heal,
God heals.
I depend upon people's help,
I live here because someone lets me.
I eat with the help of my daughter,
but every now and then, I feel depressed
because there's still
a lot to be clarified and to be solved.
And I think it's gonna take a while.
I hope justice prevails.
I want justice.
STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN GOIÁS
[Meireles] About Dalva,
there's no possibility of conviction
in regards to the acts against her.
That's because the statute of limitations
has already expired.
Today, Mr. João Teixeira is 78 years old.
This means the statue of limitations
for his crimes is cut by half.
That's my main battle now.
That the statute of limitations for crimes
of rape and murder of a woman in Brazil
have no expiration
because this favors
the evil rapists and murderers of women.
[Mannelli] After I gave
my statement to the court,
I understood how important
it was to come forward.
I understood that I wasn't alone
in this universe.
That this universe is much bigger than me.
HIGH RATES OF FEMICIDE
[woman] We're going to talk
about the launch
of the Justice Wears a Skirt Institute.
I'm here with Gabriela Manssur,
a state prosecutor,
who is also a founder of the institute,
and with Andrea Mannelli,
who is the Director of Communication
and Content of the institute.
Many reasons led me
to create this institute.
First of all, the great number of people
who dedicate themselves voluntarily
to fight and promote women's rights.
And we understand that women don't
just want to report the attacker,
they also need to be included
in public policies,
in projects that help them
get back on their feet,
reconstruct themselves
after being violated,
so they can recover their self-esteem.
[Mannelli] As I got closer to Gabriela,
I understood a little bit of her fight.
Then she invited me.
She said, "Look.
You represent the pain of these women."
"You represent the side of the victim."
We have this important role with society
and the institute
is here to help with that,
to support the victims.
You have to reach out.
You have to embrace these victims.
You have to help them
get out of the situation of the victim.
- Hi, Mom, how are you? Hi, Dad.
- Hi. I'm good.
How about you? Wow, how pretty.
This is what women want:
justice and a decrease in pain.
Many of them, like Andrea and like me,
we transformed the pain into strength
so we can fight for other women.
This violence is painful, it has shape,
color, a first name, and a last name.
It's real, it exists.
Not talking about it
won't make it disappear
or cease to exist.
You're very brave. You are a warrior.
May God bless you.
Congratulations for being a brave woman.
[Manssur] This country lacks justice
in regards to women.
It's a country that destroys women,
that kills 12, 13, 14, 15 women a day
just because they're women.
Not in a robbery or something,
not in a tragedy.
They die because they're women.
Look how disastrous that is for a country,
a country that doesn't respect someone's
life because the someone is a woman.
A country where you don't respect
someone's sexual rights
because they're a woman.
JUSTICE WEARS A SKIRT INSTITUTE
And I'm sure that February 18, 2020
will be forever remembered by all of you
with the launch
of the Justice Wears a Skirt Institute.
This pain belongs to all of us,
and to the whole society
when Brazil has the 5th-highest rate
in the world of women being killed.
So we need to talk about this.
I'm not saying we will overcome this pain.
The pain exists
and will continue existing.
If you don't face it
and take ownership of it,
it'll haunt you for the rest of your life.
And I don't intend on having this ghost
living with me for the rest of my life.
I am a victim
of one of the most famous cases
of violence against women in this country,
maybe in the world,
the case of the medium,
João Teixeira de Faria.
And this led to my biggest contribution.
Only those who felt the pain, the disgust,
the sadness, and the fear
of this type of violence
[applause]
are able to understand
the nightmare that this is.
I transformed my pain into strength.
My intelligence became a powerful weapon.
My dedication became investigation.
And my voice
became an instrument for my fight.
And I realized that you can be
the star of your own story.
Even though it's a winding road,
you are the one who writes the ending.
[applause]
MARCH 2020
[man] Almost four million people
have already been infected
by COVID-19 worldwide.
A report released today
by the Imperial College of London
3,982,724 CASES
275,759 DEAD - 1,376,230 RECOVERED
states that Brazil
will face an explosion of cases
if the country
doesn't adopt stronger isolation measures.
[woman] Researchers
from the University of Goiás
say that the state could be
the new epicenter
of COVID-19 in the country.
[man] John of God is a defendant
in 11 different cases for sexual abuse,
rape of vulnerable persons, fraud,
and illegal possession
of firearms and ammunition.
[woman] His lawyers have
already requested John of God's release.
They are requesting
the medium serves his sentence at home
with electronic monitoring.
In regards to his freedom
MARCOS LARA
JOHN OF GOD'S ATTORNEY
the biggest question we have is:
"What would be the harm in letting
a world-famous man serve his time at home
with 24-hour electronic monitoring?"
What kind of damage would come from that?
All of the victims have been heard.
All of the witnesses have been heard.
His sentence is already up to 60 years.
If he had a million years more,
it wouldn't make a difference.
So what harm would it cause?
What we have here,
as we see it,
is an individual who is sentenced
to more than 60 years
for heinous crimes,
who, according to a medical report
from the court itself,
is capable of meeting all
of the conditions
to serve his sentence in prison.
We don't see a reason for this individual
to serve his time at home.
I would also like
to thank our beloved medium,
João Teixeira de Faria,
this man who dedicated his life
to this place
and who, through Don Ignatius' phalanx,
has the power of healing.
If the waters of life's sea ♪
Try to drown you ♪
Hold on to God's hand ♪
And let go ♪
If the sorrows in this life ♪
Try to weigh you down ♪
Hold on to God's hand ♪
[intense music plays]
[no dialogue]
PRISON COMPLEX IN APARECIDA DE GOIÂNIA
GOIÁS - BRAZIL
The court system has granted
house arrest to John of God,
sentenced to more than 40 years
for sexual crimes.
[woman 2] The decision takes into account
the risk of contagion
with the new coronavirus.
The defense lawyers requested
that he serves his time at home
due to his old age and health issues.
John of God is 78 years old and has been
in prison for a year and four months.
The state prosecutors of Goiás
said they will appeal the decision.
- [people chattering]
- [bracelet beeping]
[interviewer] What do you have to say
about the accusations that came to light?
Everyone who preached the word of God
were nailed to the cross,
even His son was nailed to the cross.
If he went, why wouldn't I?
What I told the authorities
is what happened,
not what people are saying.
[Brito] When I heard the news
about his release from prison
and being under house arrest
he gets to be just like us
because it's a situation
in which everybody is isolated
because of the pandemic.
So
it's the same.
How come?
That monster,
a man who is capable of evil things.
How come he is at home like us?
House arrest?
We're all in house arrest right now.
How come?
It's like being stabbed.
Stabbed in the back.
Damn.
[Araújo] That man
the abuser was free and I was imprisoned.
Not only imprisoned in life,
in my day-to-day life,
but also in my anguish,
in my feelings.
This became a prison for us.
IN THE NAME OF GOD
CURE BY FAITH
WHO IS MEDIUM JOHN OF GOD
[bracelet beeps]
[interviewer] What do you think
will happen now?
At this moment
I truly believe in the authorities.
I put my life
in the authorities' hands.
I put my life in God's hands.
I'm conscious
that God will help me.
[Mannelli] He's a culprit
sentenced to 60 years,
and his place is in prison.
I hope Brazilian justice
will act correctly
in the João Teixeira de Faria case
giving justice to hundreds of victims
and place him where he deserves,
which is in jail.
Our Father,
may God guide you to the right path.
May seven angels follow you,
and seven lights brighten your way.
Holy Mary is our godmother.
Our Lord is our savior.
JOHN OF GOD REMAINS UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
HAS FILED AN APPEAL
REQUESTING THAT HE RETURN TO PRISON.
AS OF JULY 2021,
JOHN OF GOD HAD BEEN SENTENCED
TO 63 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS IN PRISON.
ANDREA, REJANE, MARINA,
AND ANOTHER 54 SURVIVORS
AWAIT A COURT DECISION
REGARDING THEIR CASES.
330 WOMEN PRESSED CHARGES AGAINS
JOÃO TEIXEIRA DE FREITAS, JOHN OF GOD.
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATION
HAS EXPIRED IN MANY CASES.
DALVA TEIXEIRA DE SOUSA FILED A CIVIL SUI
AGAINST HER FATHER IN 2018,
CLAIMING COMPENSATION
FOR MORAL DAMAGES.
HER CASE WAS FILED BECAUSE
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAID
SHE MISSED THE LEGAL DEADLINE
TO SEEK COMPENSATION.
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