Prime Video’s ‘Tremembé’ Faces Dispute Over Portrayed Prison Romance

Overview

• Ricardo “Duda” de Freitas Nascimento said in live videos on Nov. 4 that he can prove the relationship, citing letters, a photographed piece of underwear and people willing to testify.
• Cristian Cravinhos rejected the portrayal on Instagram, calling the series dishonest and denying any romantic involvement with Duda.
• Journalist Ullisses Campbell, whose reporting informed the series, stated that material proof underpinned the work and shared supporting items on social media.
• The series premiered at the end of October and, according to Folha de S. Paulo’s Outro Canal column, posted Prime Video’s biggest launch in Brazil and drove the platform’s largest weekly subscriber increase of 2025.
• Cravinhos was convicted in the 2002 von Richthofen murders and now serves in an open regime, while Duda was convicted of armed robbery and was transferred to Tremembé as a young adult.