Globoplay Documentary Airs New Testimonies About Clínica Maxwell

Overview

• The six-episode series premiered on Nov. 9 and its second episode, shown Nov. 11–12, features Maurício Mattar admitting he was interned at Clínica Maxwell in 1998 and Rafael Ilha recounting a TV prank that he says preceded a relapse.
• Rafael Ilha says clinic founder Sabino Ferreira de Farias Neto at times allowed outings, gave him car keys and tolerated drug use inside the facility, and he links those permissions to worsening substance use.
• Maurício Mattar, who had long denied addiction publicly, appears on camera saying now is the right time to speak and he described episodes of distrust in the clinic’s care and a car accident while under psychotropic medication.
• The documentary includes the psychiatrist Sabino’s responses to the allegations and notes that many former patients and staff refused on-record interviews out of fear of stigma or reputational harm.
• Clínica Maxwell was a high-profile private treatment center in the 1990s–2000s that treated celebrities, and the series frames concerns about clinical authority, patient autonomy and how media exposure can trigger relapse while no new legal actions have been reported so far.