Friend and former businessman says Gal Costa was a millionaire before meeting Wilma: ‘Lots of properties and investments’

For many years, producer Paulinho Lima shared Gal Costa’s intimacy. In addition to being a businessman and personal friend — they even lived together — he was the one who produced the show “Fatal”, one of the most emblematic of the singer’s career.

Currently living in Boipeba, Bahia, after 57 years in Rio, Paulinho spoke out again after Gabriel Costa and Wilma Petrilo’s interview with “Fantástico”. He says that Gal was a millionaire before she met Wilma and that the singer never had “administrative sense”.

“Gabriel Costa’s interview was enlightening. Don’t be intimidated, boy! His statement was calm and truthful. Go after what belongs to you and don’t forget that when your mother met this fraudster she was a millionaire, with many properties and financial investments. Where did all this go? An aborted international career and his career mismanaged. Where did all those millions go? Accounts in tax havens or gambling? His mother never had administrative sense. All his talent was focused on the stage, on singing “, wrote Paulinho on Instagram.

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Paulinho Lima was one of the first to publicly speak out against Wilma Petrilo, at the time of the singer’s burial, in November 2022:

“The presence of fans and friends was made as difficult as possible. I remembered that her wish was to be buried close to her mother, Mariah, and for that purpose she bought a perpetual tomb, in Rio de Janeiro, in São João Batista. Nothing against São Paulo that I know, loved. I was also informed that there was not the slightest concern about her physical appearance, no preparation to be seen for the last time. I know how much she liked to appear beautiful and tidy. Dear gal, your last years were very difficult! An evil being managed appropriate his joy, all the material goods he achieved with so much work and also his peace”.