Maria do Rosário's defense will attach Bolsonaro's statements from Roda Viva to the case.
The defense team for congresswoman Maria do Rosário (PT-RS) will attach to the lawsuit she filed against presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) in the Supreme Federal Court (STF) the congressman's statements on the Roda Viva program; according to her lawyers, the presidential candidate repeated on the program the argument that forms the basis of the criminal complaint, stating that Rosário did not deserve to be raped.
Rio Grande do Sul 247 - The defense of federal congresswoman Maria do Rosário (PT-RS) will attach to the lawsuit that the parliamentarian filed against presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) in the Supreme Federal Court (STF) the congressman's statements on Roda Viva. According to her lawyers, the presidential candidate repeated on the program the argument that forms the basis of the criminal complaint, stating that Rosário did not deserve to be raped.
Bolsonaro is being sued for inciting rape in a lawsuit filed by Rosário. In 2014, the presidential candidate stated that he wouldn't rape her because "she doesn't deserve it." At the time, he was responding to a speech she made in the Chamber of Deputies, where she defended the Truth Commission and investigations into the crimes of the military dictatorship.
On Tuesday (31), on Twitter, Maria do Rosário vented her frustration. "I will not remain silent in the face of hatred. I defend human rights, I worked for the truth commission. I defend children, women, LGBTs, black men and women, indigenous people, people with disabilities, the poor, the landless, the homeless, and I approved important laws for Brazil. And this guy, what did he do? Nothing."