The lead singer of the group Art Popular, Leandro Leartwould have committed grotesque and eschatological act with the victim accusing him of rape and imprisonment. On Friday (16th) he was sentenced by the São Paulo judiciary to 10 years in prison for the crimes.
Rita de Cássia Correia explained to Fantástico the traumas suffered by the singer in a program broadcast this Sunday (18).
According to her, the two had already had sex before the sexual violence and he had never behaved aggressively. However, in 2019, the convict’s posture changed: he immobilized her and subjected her to one degrading condition that the report as “a grotesque and eschatological act“.
Their relationship began in 2017 after Rita sent a message praising Leandro’s work. Then she was invited to his house to play the piano and tour the studio.
In five encounters there were sexual relationships in which the musician was “very polite, very nice, very courteous”, as the victim explained.
However, in 2019, the two were in Leandro’s room when he suggested going to the bathroom. In the room, according to Rita, the artist became aggressiveHe immobilized her and committed the act of violence.
“In my mouth. I started fighting, asking him to stop and trying to get him off me, but I couldn’t. He was still masturbating until he orgasmed.”
Rita de Cassia Correia
victim
then the man left the woman locked in the bathroom, even after she asks to leave the place. “I yelled at him to let me out of there, but he wouldn’t. ‘I’m not letting you out of there. I won’t let you out until you’ve calmed down so we can talk.’”
“He said I could do the same to him because I overreacted that I would see it wasn’t. That it’s just the first time I’m like this, fear.”
Also according to Rita, Leandro began to question whether she expected the two to start a serious relationship, uttering racial slurs: “What do you think I would expect from a black girl like you?”
“I went straight to the bathroom. Already there on the ground I broke down crying. And I stayed there late, trying to clean up, trying to get all that horrible smell, that taste, brushing my teeth… There in the shower,” he recalled to Fantastic.
Rita de Cassia Correia
victim
“If I have sexually humiliated you, I assume so”
After the episode, the victim stated that she had developed seriously emotional disordersHe lost his job and even attempted suicide, “wanting to run away from what he was going through”.
About six months after the fact Leandro returned to look for Rita: “Through messages he began to redeem himself without taking his guilt in a confession.”
“‘If I’ve sexually humiliated you and you’re in that situation, I assume so. Very ashamed, but I accept it. Because I did it with a woman in exchange for my pleasure. I was selfish Get in touch, do it. . I won’t get upset,'” the singer would have said at the time.
Then the artist would have money sent three times in amounts between BRL 900 and BRL 200 blackmailed or blackmailed.
Condemnation and musician version
Leandro was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the São Paulo judiciary for rape and false imprisonment. He is free to appeal against the decision.
The singer’s defense attorneys have commented on the case:
“Leandro Lehart’s technical defense advises, in response to press requests for comment, that the case is being kept secret by the courts awaiting a final decision, preventing further factfinding. In any event, trust Leandro and his attorneys continue to rely on the judiciary and on the fact that the truth will prevail, with their consequent acquittal,” the defense attorneys said in a statement.
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