Overview
- The incident on January 14 in an Ipanema bar followed a dispute over the bill, according to police reports.
- Security footage and a bystander’s video reportedly show the suspect imitating a monkey and using derogatory terms toward a bar employee.
- A judge granted a request from the 11th Rocinha Police Delegation to retain her passport and impose electronic monitoring.
- She must remain in Brazil as Civil Police investigate injuria racial, a crime treated as racism that can carry two to five years in prison.
- Prosecutors are evaluating whether to file formal charges, and her defense has not responded publicly.