Soccer Goalie Had Girlfriend Murdered. Now He Has A New Playing Contract
Bruno was released from prison Apac de Santa Luzia on February 24 and immediately sought a new club amid uproar in Brazil.
Souza was convicted by a lower court in 2013 after a trial and police reports that included horrific accounts of how Samudio died: She was strangled, her body was cut up and pieces were fed to dogs.
The soccer star was handed a 22-year jail term, but women’s rights advocates decried the light sentence.
Former Flamengo goalkeeper Bruno has exchanged terms with Boa Esporte, despite escalating protests.
Souza was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison, but he was unexpectedly released about a month ago.
But the case has caused outrage among those who claim his return to football sets a bad example in a country where there is reportedly a high level of violence against women.
But in a Facebook post that was put up on Tuesday, the club’s president Rone Moraes da Costra defended the signing and asked, “Who has never heard [it said] that work dignifies a man?”
Ironically, Brazilian team Cruzeiro had its players wear specially designed shirts for last Wednesday’s Brazilian Cup game in an effort to raise awareness of the injustices facing women on International Women’s Day. Popular Feminist Front of Varginha are planning a protest outside Boa Esporte’s stadium, accusing the club of trying to cash in on Bruno’s fame while forgetting the suffering of his victim.
Eliza’s friend Milena Baroni, a 25-year-old law student from Rio, told The Daily Beast in 2010, “He wanted her to get rid of the baby, abort it”.
As a result of the controversial signing, three sponsors dropped Boa Esporte and hackers condemned the team on its own website, per the report.
“One should always keep dreaming”, he said. He signed a two-year deal with Boa Esporte. He had killed his girlfriend after she sued the footballer for child support in a high-profile case.
According to Amnesty International, studies have shown a 24 per cent increase in lethal violence against women over the last decade in Brazil, a country named as one of the most unsafe in Latin America in which to be a girl. A woman-killer must not be allowed a life acclaimed by the media.
And now, Souza’s return to professional soccer sends a disturbing message about Brazilian attitudes toward domestic violence, Cabral says.