Bruno Krupp, model and influencer, is arrested after the death of a young man who was hit by a car

Bruno Krupp, model and digital influencer, was arrested this Wednesday (3). According to the police, on Saturday (30), he was driving a motorcycle at high speed in Barra da Tijuca (west of Rio) when he ran over 16-year-old João Gabriel Cardim Guimarães, who died the next day.

His preventive detention had been decreed by the judge on duty, Maria Izabel Pena Pieranti, during the night. She accepted the request of the 16th Police Station, which opened an investigation to investigate him for intentional homicide (when there is an intention to kill).

“It is noted that the accused took the risk of causing the outcome,” Pieranti states in his ruling. She says that several details of the records indicate that the model made room for the tragedy to happen.

In court documents, it is possible to see that Krupp was traveling more than 150 km/h on Lucio Costa Avenue, which has a speed limit of 60 km/h. In addition, the motorcycle had no license plate and the model did not have the license in hand. Three days earlier, he had been caught in a traffic stop, at which time he had refused to take a breathalyzer test.

The text also says that Guimarães was run over in the crosswalk with traffic lights, where he was crossing with his mother. At the time, he had his left leg amputated by the impact, while Krupp suffered bruises. Both were taken to Lourenço Jorge Hospital, where the victim died on Sunday (31).

“[Ele] persisted in a very dangerous conduct, the result of which was fully predictable, in a way of a lot of movement”, observes the judge. The records also deliver that the influencer is also investigated for embezzlement and rape. of this text.

Bruno Krupp became best known for having a brief relationship with the digital influencer Sarah Pôncio. The two assumed the relationship in December 2021, but in February of this year they had already separated.

As a model, he was managed by 40 Graus Models, which posted a note on social media regretting what had happened. “We are in solidarity with the suffering of all the family members involved”, says the text.

Already FBX Assessoria, which was the artistic direction of his career as an influencer, said it was surprised by the news and informs that it has not been able to contact the model, his family or close people. The company sympathized with the victim’s family.