Luccas Neto will receive R$ 50 thousand from youtuber who accused him of encouraging pedophilia

YouTuber and businessman Luccas Neto, 29, won a lawsuit that determined that he should receive compensation for moral damages in the amount of R$50,000 from YouTuber Ed Raposo. A scholarship specialist, Raposo accused him of encouraging pedophilia on the social network. Wanted, he did not respond to requests.

According to information from the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro, judge Flávia de Almeida Viveiros de Castro, from the 6th Civil Court of Barra da Tijuca, understood that Raposo’s complaint was based on content outside the context of Neto’s channel and that excerpts were “purposefully edited in order to insinuate the existence of sexual content in children’s videos”.

Also according to the process to which the F5 had access, even after being duly summoned and summoned, the defendant (Raposo) “remained inert without presenting any objection”. “Called for action, the defendant did not respond, demonstrating that he cannot justify such an attitude that, with the speed of digital media, can destroy a career built over years,” says another excerpt.

Now, Raposo needs to make a retraction request on the same channels with a fine of R$ 500 per day, in addition to payment of indemnity. He will also need to pay court costs and fees.

Luccas’ brother Felipe Neto also had problems with an unfounded accusation of pedophilia. In 2020, youtuber was once again one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter after being the target of fake news that accused it of encouraging pedophilia.

A montage of a fake tweet that attributed to the influencer the phrase “child is not even sweet, I eat hidden” was being shared on different social networks, such as Facebook and WhatsApp

Neto said at the time that it was a “disgusting lie” articulated by the far right to ruin his reputation. “All these negative posts are attacks orchestrated with the sole aim of destroying reputations, which proves how prone to hate, silencing and persecution are those involved. I don’t need and will not respond to hate with hate, because the truth always prevails,” said Felipe Grandson.

According to him, 416 videos on Facebook and Instagram that tried to associate him with pedophilia and inappropriate content were taken down for violations of the platform’s guidelines.