Judge Converts Influencer Thanis Killian’s Arrest to Preventive Detention in Teresina Case

Overview

• At a custody hearing, Judge José Cláudio Diógenes Porto converted the in-flagrante arrest to preventive detention and denied a request for provisional release.
• The court ordered his transfer to a Piauí prison unit and required a health evaluation, including mental health, within five days.
• Police say the restaurant attendant reported being groped on the buttocks, forcibly kissed on the face, and embraced without consent at Teresina Shopping.
• The incident occurred on Monday night, Dec. 29, after which mall security called police, who detained him, took him to the Central de Flagrantes, and booked him on importunação sexual.
• Killian told authorities he is homosexual and said he had no intent to harass, while witnesses told reporters there had been similar behavior previously; he has roughly 73,000 followers.