Liberal Party (PL) Councilor Cassio Luiz Barbosa (Featured image), known as Cássio Fala Pira, is the target of a police investigation for possession of child sexual abuse images.
The parliamentarian from Piracicaba, in the interior of São Paulo, has been in prison since October 9 after six women reported him for sexual crimes, such as harassment and rape. The crimes occurred between 2018 and 2015, as detailed in a judicial decision obtained by the Public Prosecution. Capitals.
According to the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP), the case is being investigated by the Piracicaba Police Station. The investigation was opened in 2022, but Cassio has not yet been heard from. The advisor’s cell phone was confiscated to assist in the investigation.
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The defense claims innocence
Lawyer Jose Osmer Bertazzoni, who represents Cassio, told… Capitals That images of child sexual abuse were sent to the counselor “in the form of a complaint against another person.” The parliamentarian reportedly went to the city council and reported the incident, saying he would file a complaint, which culminated in a cell phone search and seizure.
According to the defender, the misunderstanding was clarified in the police investigation, which is being conducted in secret. Bertazzoni explained that the clarification did not have any “judicial consequences.” Therefore, the defense was surprised by “the use of this episode against the advisor on this occasion.”
It highlights that Cassio had nothing to do with the materials found. “Mr. Cassio is innocent and is being persecuted for political reasons. In the end, his innocence will be proven,” he said.
He filed a lawsuit against a consultant after his salary was suspended
Cassio Valla-Bera was removed from his position on the city council two days after his arrest. The impeachment process, which has an indefinite period, culminated in the suspension of the payment of the parliamentarian’s salary – a decision taken by the President of the Legislative Council, Councilor Relison Rezende (PSDB), and not by the court.
Therefore, Cassio filed a lawsuit with the Court of Justice of São Paulo demanding the return of his salary as a Member of Parliament, and even the retroactive payment of all amounts not credited since the suspension, with monetary correction.
The Public Ministry of São Paulo (MPSP) preferred not to comment on the advisor’s request, citing “lack of public interest.”
In a decision issued last Friday (11/28), Judge Wander Pereira Rosset Jr., of the First Public Fiscal Court of Piracicaba, did not respond to the request for an injunction to reinstate the immediate chancellor, but decided to postpone the analysis of the injunction request.
Cassio must then wait for the judge’s analysis while temporarily remaining in prison.