Brazilian pro-Bolsonaro protester who wrote on statue with lipstick sentenced to 14 years in jail: report

A Brazilian protester was reportedly sentenced to 14 years successful jailhouse for penning a connection successful lipstick connected a statue during demonstrations successful 2023.

Debora Rodrigues, 39, was precocious sentenced aft being convicted of engagement with a transgression enactment with intent to motorboat a coup, according to the BBC.

Rodrigues was a protagonist of erstwhile Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. His supporters attacked authorities buildings aft helium mislaid to now-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva successful the 2022 statesmanlike election. Hundreds of Bolsonaro supporters took portion successful the protest.

Rodrigues, who works arsenic a hairdresser, wrote, "You lost, idiot" connected the statue of Justice extracurricular the Supreme Federal Court.

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Debora Rodrigues, 39, was convicted of engagement with a transgression enactment intending to motorboat a coup. (Brazilian Supreme Court)

However, she didn't expect to beryllium prosecuted for penning the message, and told the assemblage that she was unaware of the standard of the protests.

"I went to the protests and I didn't ideate that they would beryllium truthful turbulent," Rodrigues was quoted arsenic saying, according to the BBC. 

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Brazil's erstwhile President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the property arsenic helium arrives astatine the Brasilia International Airport successful Brasilia, Brazil, connected March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

"I person ne'er done thing amerciable successful my life," she added.

According to the BBC, Justice Alexandre de Moraes argued that the hairdresser "consciously and voluntarily" aligned herself with protesters seeking to overthrow the Brazilian government.

The justness besides accused Rodrigues of concealing grounds by perchance deleting messages connected her phone, and said that the 39-year-old had admitted to taking portion successful "anti-democratic acts."

The lengthy quality of the condemnation has been utilized by Bolsonaro supporters to reason that they are victims of governmental persecution by the left-wing Lula administration, moving successful conjunction with Brazil's Supreme Court.

Bolsonaro himself has called for amnesty for Rodrigues successful a station connected X.

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives for a luncheon with senators from his enactment base, astatine the National Congress gathering successful Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.  (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

In March, Bolsonaro was ordered to basal proceedings implicit the alleged coup effort to enactment successful bureau aft his 2022 predetermination defeat. The right-wing politician, who has an ongoing powerfulness conflict against Lula, was besides told by the Brazilian Supreme Court that helium is not permitted to tally successful 2026.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.