Marcius Melhem is accused of persecution and psychological violence against women

The actor and director Marcius Melhem is the target of yet another criminal complaint, this time on suspicion of attacking women on social media who accuse him of sexual harassment and harassment. The Public Ministry of São Paulo (MP-SP) asks that he be convicted of the crimes of persecution and psychological violence.

The Estadão report contacted the artist’s defense, who did not comment on the merits of the complaint. The lawyer simply stated that the São Paulo Court is not competent to judge the case (read the full note at the end of the article).

After the case became public, the comedian began using social media to give his version of the accusations. It turns out that, in the opinion of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, he exceeded the limits of the right to defense and embarked on an attempt at “retaliation”, which the complaint calls a “vindictive campaign”.

Prosecutor Paulo Henrique Castex, who signed the piece, states that the comedian exposed women’s intimacy “without any concern for the highly damaging consequences that these public exposures can cause”. He lists, for example, emotional damages and even financial losses.

The complaint also attributes to the artist a “plan of massive attacks on the honor and dignity” of these women, supported by hate speech, all with the aim of disqualifying them, according to the MP.

“Under the pretext of ‘exercising his defense’ before the public, Melhem organized and put into practice a digital multiplatform orchestration campaign, with attacks of all kinds against the victims, including the use of elements of gender discrimination, imbued with a feeling of revenge, which was perpetuated over time”, says an excerpt from the complaint, filed on February 26th.

The Public Ministry also states that Marcius Melhem tried to attribute to women the stereotype of “liars, opportunists, with immoral sexual behavior”.

“Melhem’s public defense campaign adopts the true contours of the hateful legitimate defense of honor, an archaic concept that allowed a man to act with vindictive violence against a woman who had ‘dishonored’ him”, adds the MP.

The prosecutor cites a study by NetLab, a research laboratory on the internet and social networks at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), which concluded that the actor incited followers to engage in attacks and created a “community with multiplatform action, which reinforces misogyny” online.

The next step is the analysis of the complaint by the Judiciary. If the responsible judge considers that there is evidence of a crime, criminal proceedings will be opened.

Judge Luciane Jabur Figueiredo, from the 21st Criminal Court of São Paulo, referred the case to the Rio Court of Justice, where criminal actions are already being processed against the comedian.

WITH THE WORD, LAWYER JUCA OLIVEIRA LIMA, WHO DEFENDS MARCIUS MELHEM

“The São Paulo Court did not even analyze the Public Ministry’s complaint, as it agreed with Marcius Melhem’s defense argument that it is not competent to judge the facts. The judge ordered the case to be transferred to the Rio de Janeiro Court.”

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