“If intimacy and private life are violated, the Federal Constitution guarantees the right to compensation for material or nonmaterial damage. The Federal Constitution protects intimacy and private life. However, in this case it is necessary to take into account the public dimension of those involved and the disclosure of the relationship itself by both parties. “The problem is not simple,” explains the specialist from Peixoto & Cury Advogados.
Luísa Sonza reads a letter as she announces her separation from Chico Moedas. Image: Reproduction/TV GloboAt the same time, Hugo Leonardo Lippi Areas, managing partner of the Forensic Intelligence and Negotiation department at Medina Guimarães Advogados, emphasizes that the artist’s fame should not be used as a pretext for violating fundamental rights.
“There is a lot of talk about possible flexibility in terms of the intimacy, image and private life of public figures. However, it must be emphasized that the fame of a particular person should not serve as a pretext for violating his rights, especially the personal rights and fundamental rights guaranteed by civil law and the Federal Constitution, as is the case,” he added.
According to Dinovan Dumas, partner in business law at MFBD Advogados, despite the singer’s dissatisfaction with the alleged betrayal, she exposes herself to civil and criminal liability if the matter is broadcast on television. “If the person who accesses a television program and publicly denounces on national television such private issues related to the intimate life of the couple and the expartner, the person denouncing the same will be subject to civil and criminal liability.”
Threats
Friends of Chico reported that the boy had been threatened several times since the separation became known. According to lawyer Dinovan Dumas, “the fact that a person is being persecuted or threatened due to inappropriate exposure can make the situation even worse.”