The São Paulo court ordered comedian Leo Lins to pay BRL 44,000 in damages for insulting the mother of a young autistic boy on a social network. There is calling.
The lawsuit was filed in 2020 by Adriana Cristina da Costa Gonzaga. At the time, the comedian’s thengirlfriend posted a video on a social network calling Leo Dias “semiautistic.” The comment sparked outrage on social media.
Adriana reached out to the comedian and asked him to “advise his girlfriend to recant. Autism is not an adjective,” and Leo Lins responded with offensive messages to the accuser.
2 of 2 messages from Leo Lins to a follower on a social network. — Photo: Reproduction
Messages written by Leo Lins to a follower on a social network. — Photo: Reproduction
The comedian also made fun of the situation with insulting comments on social media. According to the lawsuit, Leo Lins’ followers also began sending biased and abusive messages.
Leo Lins even argued that the message was only addressed to Adriana, but the lawsuit judge claimed that “the message sent by Aline was already aggressive and reaching those who were defending a cause (and did not provoke a reaction from the party). accused). , when the author demanded the girlfriend’s retraction, instead of thinking about the issue, the defendant, recognizing the error and demonstrating that he can be touched by those facing difficulties, used verbal aggression [….]”, he explained.
“In the case, the defendant insulted the author and despised and exposed (without justification) a section of society,” he continued.