Overview
- Marcelo Pereira Pitella was arrested in flagrante on December 20 in Brasília after police were called to a hotel where the victim showed signs consistent with psychological violence and protective orders were allegedly breached.
- He was taken to the 5th Police Station, where the arrest report was issued, and he was granted provisional release the same day during a custody hearing.
- The Supreme Court published a dismissal order in the Diário Oficial that removed him from the advisory post effective from the date of the arrest, with G1 and O Globo citing December 24.
- Terra reports the dismissal as dated December 22, highlighting a discrepancy in public reporting on the timing of the exoneration.
- Police said Military and Civil units responded, while Terra noted the Civil Police could not locate the occurrence record and that Pitella’s defense did not respond to requests for comment; he had served in the minister’s office since November 2020.