42-year-old businessman and heir Thiago Brennand, who was arrested on Thursday (13) in the United Arab Emirates, has posted bail and will be able to participate in the extradition process. He is accused of assaulting a woman at a gym in Sao Paulo.

Thiago Brennan left Brazil on September 4 – Photo: Reproduction/Record TV/ND

Information has been confirmed R7 Delegate Ivalde Oliveira Aleixo of the Drug Enforcement Unit (Department of Strategic Police Operations) in São Paulo, who was involved in the arrest of the millionaire.

“The bail was set by the local judiciary so that he could respond freely to the extradition process. He is responding to the extradition process at large,” he says. The extradition may take some time and is expected to take place between November and January due to bureaucratic delays. Released with documents.

“I am convinced that we can speed up this process, because it is in our interests because of the bullying that he arranged with the judge,” the police officer said. According to her, some events planned for the end of the year, such as a court break, may affect the course of the process.

Brennan left Brazil on 4 September. Since he was not heard by the courts, he will be questioned by a judge, the Ministry of Public Administration and defense lawyers upon his return to the country. “That will be the moment when he can put together possible evidence in his defense,” explains Ivalda.

The police hope that from now on it will be declared by other victims. “We already know about other victims who are starting to feel encouraged,” Ivalda said.

This may start other processes. “For every case, there is a judgment, a guilty verdict or a preventive arrest warrant,” says the delegate. In the case of the aggression of model Helena Gomez, Brennand’s lawyers filed a criminal complaint, but it was denied.

The delegate also recalls that when Brennand left the country, she felt disappointed. “Disappointment has crossed my mind as a delegate and citizen. The next day, information that he would return. But I didn’t believe it, and that was good, because it led to an arrest warrant. It’s professional and personal satisfaction because he treats women like things.”

The businessman has been on the run since September 27. The OF, representing Brazil in Interpol, has stepped up its work with the UAE police to find and arrest a businessman accused of inflicting bodily harm, attempted murder of minors and molestation of minors.

“The arrest was made due to the red spread and contacts made by the Federal Police, especially the newly created PF application in Jordan, to comply with the measure in Abu Dhabi. The detainee will now remain in Abu Dhabi pending procedures related to the extradition process,” the OF said.

Aggression

Model Helena Gomez, who was attacked by a businessman at a gym in Sao Paulo, told R7 she is relieved after Brennand’s arrest. “I can’t think of Thiago for a minute. As soon as I got the news, I started getting messages from the victims and they were so deep. There is no way to think about it,” he said.

A flustered Helena says she received an audio recording from women who didn’t have the courage to respond to a complaint. “Many are financially unable to fight. My thoughts are with these people. If I had any purpose in this story, then it is for these people, ”he said.

The victim also stated that she was informed of Brennand’s arrest in the early hours of Friday (14). “I’m not happy with what’s happening to him, I’m happy for the people. My case was no different from theirs,” he said. “I’m proud to represent these women.”

accusations

Thiago Brennan is charged with bodily harm, attempted femicide and child molestation. The decision on pre-trial detention was made on 27 September by the 6th Criminal Court of the Barra Funda Central Criminal Forum in São Paulo after he failed to return to the country and surrender his passport.

The arrest came after contacts with the Federal Police, especially the newly established PF Addendum in Jordan, to enforce the measure in Abu Dhabi. Brennand will remain in the United Arab Emirates pending procedures related to the extradition process.

According to the statement, the OF stressed that “it has already located and arrested more than 50 international fugitives in Brazil and more than 70 Brazilians who tried to flee the country abroad in 2022.”

The businessman said he was being persecuted

On Sunday (9), the millionaire businessman posted videos online in which he says he is “hunted” and “a victim of a media crusade.” On September 27, a São Paulo court ordered his preventive detention on charges of assaulting Allini’s model Helena Gomes at a gym located in a shopping mall in São Paulo.

The videos were posted by Brennand and removed on Monday (10). In publications, he criticizes the press, the public ministry of São Paulo, former prosecutor Gabriela Manssur and lawyer Dora Cavalcanti. In addition, the businessman does not approve of the charges against him, but, at the same time, says: “They do not harm my biography.”

Elsewhere in the video, he said he was calm and even denied that he was running from Brazilian justice. “I am absolutely calm, I don’t run away,” he says. “Let’s see if the civilized world notices a man like me being persecuted for political reasons or falls for the bullshit of the press.”

The court order for preventive detention was in line with a request from the São Paulo Department of Public Administration and was issued after Brennan failed to appear within a ten-day period previously set by the court, which ended on September 23. After the aggression case, the businessman left the country for the United Arab Emirates.