Brasília Court Convicts Frederick Wassef of Racial Injury in Pizzeria Case

Overview

• Judge Omar Dantas Lima sentenced the former Bolsonaro family lawyer to one year and nine months in an open regime for injúria racial.
• Wassef was ordered to pay R$6,000 in moral damages to the attendant targeted in the November 2020 incident.
• The court found he called the worker “macaca” and said “Você é uma macaca. Você come o que te derem,” based on testimony deemed credible.
• As a first-time offender, he will serve two rights-restrictive measures in place of custodial time, according to the ruling.
• He was acquitted of separate charges of racism and ‘vias de fato’ tied to an October 2020 episode, and he denies wrongdoing and plans to appeal.