Reporter who humiliated prisoner becomes target of the Public Prosecutor's Office.
Mirella Cunha, from Bandeirantes in Bahia, was also dismissed by the station and is expected to lose her job.
247 – The Criminal Division of the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office of Bahia (MPF-BA) filed a complaint this Wednesday, the 23rd, with the Regional Prosecutor's Office for Citizens' Rights against reporter Mirella Cunha, from Rede Bandeirantes in Bahia. The journalist, who recorded an interview humiliating a prisoner in jail, will be judged for evidence of abuse of authority, offense against personality rights, and exposure of a prisoner on a television program.
Mirella caused outrage throughout the country after a segment aired two weeks ago on the program Brasil Urgente – the video was replicated nationally on the internet and viewed more than 500 times on YouTube. The journalist and the Bandeirantes network in Bahia are subject to conviction and have five days to send the raw (unedited) footage of the program to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office. And it doesn't end there;
Following the negative reaction, Band intends to fire the reporter. According to the blog Outro Canal, from Folha de S.Paulo, Band has suspended the employee indefinitely and will do the same with others potentially responsible for the report being aired on the network's Bahia affiliate.
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