Overview
- The incident occurred on January 14 in an Ipanema bar during a dispute over the bill, according to police reports and local media.
- Investigators gathered security‑camera footage and witness statements, and the 11th Police Station of Rocinha is leading the case.
- A judge seized Agostina Páez’s passport and imposed electronic monitoring, and she is barred from leaving Brazil during the probe.
- Reports say the employee alleged Páez used racial slurs and mimicked a monkey with gestures and sounds before leaving the venue.
- Brazilian law treats injuria racial on par with racism, and media reports cite potential prison terms of roughly two to five years if charges are filed and proven.