Overview
- The 8th Recursal Chamber of the São Paulo Bar (OAB‑SP) unanimously annulled the preventive suspension imposed on Deolane Bezerra, citing procedural irregularities and sending the case back to the Tribunal de Ética e Disciplina for reanalysis.
- The chamber found specific flaws in how the disciplinary measure was applied, including failures that the defense said violated the right to adversarial procedure and full defense.
- Deolane remains in preventive detention at the Penitenciária Feminina de Tupi Paulista after her arrest in Operação Vérnix on May 21, 2026, and she is a defendant in a criminal case that alleges money laundering and ties to an organized criminal group.
- The Superior Tribunal de Justiça did not accept two earlier habeas corpus petitions from her lawyers, and a fresh habeas corpus from the defense was scheduled for review by the Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo on Tuesday, October 27.
- The OAB ruling clears a path for the bar to repeat or correct its disciplinary process, raises new scrutiny of how the association handles preventive suspensions, and increases public attention to parallel legal tracks that separately decide professional status and criminal custody.