Brazilian Pro-bolsonaro Protester Who Wrote On Statue With Lipstick Sentenced To 14 Years In Jail: Report

A Brazilian protester was reportedly sentenced to 14 years successful jailhouse for penning a connection successful lipstick connected a statue during demonstrations successful 2023.

Debora Rodrigues, 39, was precocious sentenced aft being convicted of engagement pinch a criminal statement pinch intent to motorboat a coup, according to nan BBC.

Rodrigues was a protagonist of erstwhile Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. His supporters attacked authorities buildings aft he mislaid to now-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva successful nan 2022 statesmanlike election. Hundreds of Bolsonaro supporters took portion successful nan protest.

Rodrigues, who useful arsenic a hairdresser, wrote, "You lost, idiot" connected nan statue of Justice extracurricular nan Supreme Federal Court.

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Debora Rodrigues, 39, was convicted of engagement pinch a criminal statement intending to motorboat a coup. (Brazilian Supreme Court)

However, she didn't expect to beryllium prosecuted for penning nan message, and told nan assemblage that she was unaware of nan standard of nan protests.

"I went to nan protests and I didn't ideate that they would beryllium truthful turbulent," Rodrigues was quoted arsenic saying, according to nan BBC. 

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Brazil's erstwhile President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to nan property arsenic he arrives astatine nan Brasilia International Airport successful Brasilia, Brazil, connected March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

"I person ne'er done thing forbidden successful my life," she added.

According to nan BBC, Justice Alexandre de Moraes based on that nan hairdresser "consciously and voluntarily" aligned herself pinch protesters seeking to overthrow nan Brazilian government.

The justness besides accused Rodrigues of concealing grounds by perchance deleting messages connected her phone, and said that nan 39-year-old had admitted to taking portion successful "anti-democratic acts."

The lengthy quality of nan condemnation has been utilized by Bolsonaro supporters to reason that they are victims of governmental persecution by nan left-wing Lula administration, moving successful conjunction pinch Brazil's Supreme Court.

Bolsonaro himself has called for amnesty for Rodrigues successful a station connected X.

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives for a luncheon pinch senators from his support base, astatine nan National Congress building successful Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.  (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

In March, Bolsonaro was ordered to guidelines proceedings complete nan alleged coup effort to enactment successful agency aft his 2022 predetermination defeat. The right-wing politician, who has an ongoing powerfulness struggle against Lula, was besides told by nan Brazilian Supreme Court that he is not permitted to run successful 2026.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.