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Flávio says producer of ‘Dark Horse’ should answer questions about new Vorcaro payment
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Flávio says producer of ‘Dark Horse’ should answer questions about new Vorcaro payment

From Estadão · () Portuguese

Translated from Portuguese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Flávio Bolsonaro said the producer of “Dark Horse” should explain a newly disclosed $1.6 million payment from banker Daniel Vorcaro to the fund financing the film.
  • The transfer, reportedly made in September 2025, raised the amount Vorcaro paid to the project from $10.6 million to $12.3 million and contradicted Flávio’s statement that the last payment came in May 2025.
  • Flávio also called for Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to resign over his previous professional relationship with Vorcaro, amid reported requests by the banker to influence investigations.

Flávio Bolsonaro does not want to answer for a newly disclosed payment to “Dark Horse,” the film about his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro. Speaking to journalists at the Senate on Tuesday, the presidential candidate said the production company should explain the transfer.

A report by piauí magazine said a Financial Activities Control Council report identified a further $1.6 million payment from banker Daniel Vorcaro to Havengate Development, the fund managing money for the project. Flávio said he knew Vorcaro was an investor but did not handle the film’s finances.

“Those details I cannot know because I do not deal with that. You have to ask the production company. I knew he was an investor, but I could not comment. The answer has to come from the production company,” Flávio told reporters as he arrived at the Senate, where he was due to chair a session of the Public Security Committee.

Those details I cannot know because I do not deal with that. You have to ask the production company. I knew he was an investor, but I could not comment. The answer has to come from the production company.

— Flávio BolsonaroHe said the film’s producer, rather than him, should address the newly disclosed payment.

The additional payment was reportedly made in September 2025, eight days after Flávio sent Vorcaro a text message about overdue installments. That transfer conflicts with Flávio’s earlier statement that Vorcaro’s final payment to the film came in May 2025.

The new amount brings Vorcaro’s documented payments to the Bolsonaro family project from $10.6 million to $12.3 million. The report also found evidence of a possible additional payment in October 2025. Flávio had initially sought $21 million, about 134 million reais, from the banker.

Flávio redirected questions about the film toward Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, saying the justice should resign because of a previous professional relationship with Vorcaro. Estadão reported that Vorcaro repeatedly asked Moraes, in a long exchange of messages, to intervene with Federal Police Director-General Andrei Rodrigues and Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet to halt investigations into alleged fraudulent business at the financial institution.

Alexandre de Moraes should resign from the Supreme Court. There is no better condition for him to continue as a Supreme Court justice.

— Flávio BolsonaroHe called for the justice’s resignation while discussing Vorcaro’s relationship with the film and alleged contacts.
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Originally published by Estadão in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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