Forró Singer João Lima Remains Jailed After Custody Hearing Over Alleged Domestic Assaults

Overview

• A judge maintained João Lima’s preventive detention at a Jan. 26 custody hearing, and he was transferred to the Penitenciária Desembargador Flóscolo da Nóbrega (Róger prison) in João Pessoa.
• Protective measures bar him from contacting Raphaella Brilhante, require a 300‑meter distance, and restrict access to the former residence and certain public places.
• Security‑camera images from Jan. 18 were added to the inquiry; case files describe punches, jaw pressure, gagging to stifle screams, and an alleged demand that she kill herself with a knife.
• Lima surrendered at the Women’s Police Station, underwent a forensic exam, and his defense says it will seek habeas corpus; in a recorded call he claimed not to remember the assaults.
• Police report the probe is ongoing with limited disclosures, while Brilhante says the abuse followed controlling behavior and began five days after the November wedding, and she has publicly thanked supporters.