José de Abreu is ordered to pay R$25,000 to Carlos Vereza after swearing

The Rio de Janeiro Court sentenced actor José de Abreu, 77, to pay R$25,000 to fellow actor Carlos Vereza, 84. In 2020, both fell out over politics, and Abreu called Vereza a “fascist” and “sclerotic “. When contacted, Abreu did not respond.

The sentence was given by judge Flávia Viveiros de Castro, from the 6th Civil Court of Barra. Abreu must also recant. There is a refusal.

In the tweet, José de Abreu also said that Vereza had attacked a co-star with a cane during filming of the soap opera “Corpo Dourado” (1998). “Your hypocrisy, lack of character and memory. I was there and saw it,” he wrote at the time.

In the action that F5 had access to through the Rio Court of Justice, Vereza says that the statements hurt his honor. Abreu, through his lawyers, claims that he only exercised the right to freedom of expression in all its forms and that his demonstrations would be democratic demands.

The Court understood that Abreu exceeded the right to freedom of expression inherent to any individual and affected the author’s personality attributes, such as name and personal image, which would constitute an illicit act capable of generating the duty of compensation.