Sister of a young woman hit with a piece of wood says the motivation was political; Man named as aggressor claims to have been a victim of homophobia
A 19-year-old girl was attacked with a piece of wood in an alleged political discussion on Friday (23.Sep.2022), in Angra dos Reis (RJ). To Power 360, the sister of a young man who was affected says the motivation was political. To the police, the man named as the aggressor claims to have been a victim of homophobia.
In a statement, the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro reported that those involved in the case have already been heard and that the author was charged with bodily harm against the young woman. The case was forwarded to the Jecrim (Special Criminal Court). wanted by Power 360the agency said there is still no information.
Read below what each version says:
- of the victim’s sister, Esther Laudano, 23, to the Power 360:
Esther Laudano, 23, said she was with her sister in a bar in Angra dos Reis at the time of the argument. According to her, upon hearing criticism of the president, the man would have been bothered by the comments and stated that he was a Bolsonaro voter.
“We were talking about politics and talking about Lula and a completely random man came to us and started saying he was a Bolsonarista. And we said: ‘Okay, it’s his right, but we’re talking to each other’. He kept saying a lot of nasty things to us and started cursing me and my sister and other people who were with us. He left there and came with a piece of wood to attack me. My sister got in the front and ended up getting hit.”said the victim’s sister.
- of the victim, Estéfane Laudano, 19, in her profile on Instagram:
Estefane detailed the case and confirmed her sister’s version. The young woman also says that the suspect would have fired offensive comments against Esther and that he said that the young “I would take it like a man”.
“He said that it was people like us who voted for the PT. He said that my sister took hormones because she was trying to be a man. […] The owner of the bar, seeing all that, threw him out of there, because he had been drinking. He left saying that he would put on his shirt, it was probably a Bolsonaro shirt. It didn’t take long and he came back and he was wearing the same clothes, but with a piece of wood in his hand and that’s when he called us outside. Me and my sister stopped at the door of the bar and I asked him if he was going to assault a woman, if he was going to do it now. And he said no, but my sister, because she was a man. And if she was a man, she was going to be beaten up like a man”said the young woman on social media.
- of the accused Robson Dekkers Alvino, 52, in a police report:
In the incident report to which the Power 360 had access, Robson says he was “playing” when he addressed the group calling himself “bolsonarista”. According to the suspect, after his statement, the youths started shooting homophobic comments.
Robson claims that he was hit by a bottle as he was leaving the bar and that he threw a piece of wood to defend himself. The suspect also says that he did not know that the piece of wood had hit the young woman. Here’s the intact of the occurrence (398 KB).
Estéfane was hit on the head and sent to the Santa Casa de Angra do Reis, where she received 7 stitches at the cut site. The young woman has already been discharged and must testify at the 116th police station in Angra dos Reis on Monday (26.Sep.2022).
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