Brazil Court Orders Deputy Gustavo Gayer to Pay Damages for Misogynistic Attacks

Overview

• The Court of Justice of the Federal District, which ruled Thursday, ordered Gayer to pay R$10,000 to Gleisi Hoffmann and R$10,000 to Lindbergh Farias and to post a public retraction within ten days with a R$1,000 daily fine for noncompliance.
• Judges rejected a claim of parliamentary immunity, saying hate speech, gender violence and attacks on private life fall outside that protection.
• The case cites March 2025 posts in which Gayer compared Gleisi to a sex worker, suggested a three-person relationship with Lindbergh and Senate president Davi Alcolumbre, and called Lindbergh a pimp.
• The decision overturned a lower court’s dismissal that had treated the remarks as mere insults rather than misconduct.
• Gleisi and Lindbergh praised the outcome as a stand against machismo, and reporters said Gayer did not respond to requests for comment.