Overview

• Rocha addressed criticism after a RedeTV! interview in which she recounted that Leonardo brought a 15-year-old from Ilhéus to their home in Goiânia in 2008.
• She said the boy traveled without informing his parents, stayed about a month and a half with the family, received medical care and clothes, then returned to Bahia with a year of financial help.
• Online reaction questioned the lack of a formal process for moving a minor and condemned the decision to send him back once he stopped engaging with their son.
• Actor Tuca Andrada posted a harsh critique on X, intensifying the public debate without naming the couple.
• Rocha insisted the episode was well-intentioned and not fully told on TV, announced she hired a legal team, and promised to sue those she accuses of spreading false claims.