Presenter Otávio Mesquita was the target of a rape complaint from comedian Juliana Oliveira, who was notable for working as a stage assistant on the SBT The Night program. In the representation delivered to the Public Prosecution Service of São Paulo (MP-SP) in March, the defense states that she was the victim of “Libidinous acts with the use of physical strength” On the part of Mesquita, in the face of more than a hundred people in the studio and with wide repercussions on social networks.
The complaint was accepted by the agency and, on April 2, the prosecutor Priscila Longarini Alves, of the Osasco Criminal Justice Prosecutor’s Office, made a request to open a police inquiry into the case. In the text, she points out that “there are elements that need greater investigation regarding the practice of eventual infraction against sexual dignity.”
Heard by CNN Otávio Mesquita classified the accusation as a “absurd”. According to him, The whole scene was combined With the stage assistant, including the part of her reaction. He said he was surprised by the accusation, as the episode occurred in 2016 and he was in the presence of his family, who was on stage, and therefore, I would never do anything that was accused.
The presenter also claimed that he believes that Juliana denounced him for being fired from SBT, said she “seeks attention” and said she will claim compensation to the comedian by the case.
What did Juliana Oliveira say about the case?
On Tuesday (15), the case again gained repercussion after Juliana Oliveira published a video on her Instagram profile talking for the first time publicly about the report of rape against Otavio Mesquita.
The comedian explained that the participation of the presenter in the program led by Gentili was previously rehearsed and said that at the time of recording Mesquita changed the combined.
“The guy has arrived with both hands on my ass, my chest, I gave it to him, but he wouldn’t stop. When he drew, it was even worse. He clung me to force. That was a violence. He clung me to my head. He put it. He didn’t stop,” he said.
Juliana said she complained about the case with Gentili and the production of The Night, which would have offered her the option that he would no longer be invited to the program. The comedian, however, reports being locked in the bathroom by the SBT attraction team when Mesquita appeared in the studio.
“I was locked in the bathroom as if the wrong were me, as if the culprit were me, as if the criminal were me,” he said.
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What did Danilo Gentili say about the case?
In response to the video posted by Juliana, Danilo Gentili also spoke on his social networks on Wednesday (16). The presenter, who follows in charge of The Night, said Juliana only complained about the case in 2020, when Dani Calabresa’s complaint against Marcus Melhem came public. According to him, he departed from his own comedian the decision to veto mosque of the program and not to bring the accusation to the court.
“If she wanted to report, I would have denounced. If she wanted a lawyer, I had a lawyer. But she asked me just so I wouldn’t take Octavius anymore, that’s what I did,” said the host.
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What did SBT say about the case?
In his video, Juliana reports seeking SBT’s compliance to report the case and claims to have heard from the São Paulo broadcaster team that it took time to investigate the case. The company would also have asked for calm and confidentiality from the stage assistant.
“Regarding the episode involving artist Juliana Oliveira and presenter Otávio Mesquita, SBT clarifies that it took all the arrangements that competed through its department of corporate governance,” says the station’s note sent to CNN .
This content was originally published in Juliana, Mesquita and Gentili: Understand the case from the beginning on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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