Overview

• Brazil’s 6th Civil Small Claims Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro to pay case costs and R$5,000 in attorney fees to Guilherme Boulos within 15 days, with a 10% penalty and possible electronic seizure via Sisbajud if he fails to pay.
• The enforcement follows rulings that rejected Bolsonaro’s damages suit over Boulos’ remarks linking him to the Marielle Franco case, with the courts citing prescription and parliamentary immunity for statements made in the political arena.
• Bolsonaro’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow telephone contact and to revoke his house arrest and other restrictions that include a ban on using a cellphone and social media, as Minister Alexandre de Moraes also requested the defense indicate whether he will grant pending interview requests.
• Moraes gave the Prosecutor General’s Office five days to respond to a request for Eduardo Bolsonaro’s preventive detention and suspension of pay and allowances, after the PGR denounced the congressman for alleged coercion and he was notified by public edict due to failed service attempts.
• Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet stated that a parliamentary mandate requires physical presence rather than fully remote work, a position relevant to cases such as Chiquinho Brazão—who was allowed supervised workouts with a personal trainer while under house arrest—and to Eduardo Bolsonaro’s prolonged absence abroad.