Anitta is sued by a dancer who says she did not authorize an image in a Netflix series

The documentary series “Anitta – Made in Honório” has brought a headache to the main star of the project. Now, the singer Anitta has to deal with another lawsuit for an alleged misuse of image.

A ballerina named Kelly who appears for a few seconds in the third episode alleges that she did not authorize her appearance and that she was not credited. For this reason, she went to court to claim R$50,000 in compensation for moral and material damages.

According to Gabriel de Paula Ferreira, the dancer’s lawyer, it doesn’t matter if it was one or two seconds of exposure. “Legally, the fact that causes the damage is the image conveyed. Even the interns of the series received the due credits at the end of the project, and my client did not”, he says to F5.

Sought, Anitta says through her press office that she has not yet been mentioned in the action and that is why she will not speak. Netflix and Conspiração Filmes did not respond.

From the summons, the defendants’ lawyers will have 15 days to execute the defense and only after that will the judge give the sentence. There is no deadline for the process to end. Regardless of the result, the ballerina’s defense says it will go to the end to ensure that compensation is received.

“The law says that anyone who has an image, voice or work published without authorization is entitled to receive compensation for moral and material damage. My client did not necessarily feel upset, as there is nothing pejorative, but it is something inherent in the law. without authorizing, pays the damage”, reinforces the lawyer.

ANOTHER CASE

This was not the first time that Anitta has been sued by the series. In January 2021, a fan of the singer filed a lawsuit against her and Netflix for claiming that she had not given permission for her image to be used in the documentary. In the action, the elderly woman said that she became the target of “several mockery” for the way she was presented in the production.

The woman appears in the fifth episode and, as shown in the series, she would have invaded the singer’s house. In the process, however, the lady says that her entry into the property was duly authorized. The scene takes place from the 20th minute of the documentary.

The lawyer on the most recent case also handled this case at the time. “It is important to point out that we had already filed a previous lawsuit and the defendants claimed that the images shown in the documentary had been authorized. But this process [com a bailarina como autora] comes to break the paradigm. These companies presented false information. It was all without authorization”, concludes Gabriel de Paula.