Overview
- All justices followed rapporteur Estela Aranha without debate, closing Marçal’s avenues of appeal in this case.
- The sanction arises from a 2024 TikTok video posted during the São Paulo mayoral race in which Marçal insulted rivals.
- São Paulo’s regional electoral court had deemed the content injurious to Ricardo Nunes’s honor and cited Marçal’s 5.5 million followers to justify a fine above the statutory minimum.
- The Superior Electoral Court rejected arguments that only anonymous posts can constitute irregular propaganda or that campaign-period fines lack legal basis.
- Reporting notes the same video falsely claimed support from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as Marçal now belongs to União Brasil and seeks to overturn separate ineligibility findings.