(Video) Tite files criminal complaint against commentator Neto
To refer to the coach, the former player used terms like son of a b****, shameless, imbecile, and bum.
247 - Coach Tite, who led the Brazilian national team in the last two World Cups, filed a criminal complaint in court against sports commentator Neto. The coach's defense stated that Neto committed the crime of defamation on his program on TV Bandeirantes on December 9, 2022, shortly after Brazil's elimination by Croatia in the quarterfinals of the Qatar World Cup. To refer to the coach, Neto used terms such as "son of a bitch," "scoundrel," "shameless," "stupid," "idiot," "imbecile," and "bum." The lawsuit was filed last Wednesday at the Pinheiros Regional Forum in São Paulo.
According to the Globo SportThe coach's lawyers stated that "the seven expressions – some of them uttered repeatedly – form an unequivocal set of offenses, regardless of the context in which they were uttered. They have a highly pejorative character and serve no other purpose than to attack the honor of the plaintiff [Tite], offended in his dignity (respectability) and decorum."
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Representatives of Tite requested that Neto suffer the sanctions stipulated in articles 140 and 141 of the Penal Code. The penalty foreseen is imprisonment from one to six months or a fine, but it can be increased by one-third when the crime is committed in the presence of several people, or in a way that facilitates the dissemination of the slander. The punishment can also be increased if the comments are disseminated on social media.
According to the coach's defense, Neto's words were retransmitted on YouTube, obtaining 2,5 million views on the platform.