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Judge Says Nikolas Did Not Call Vorcaro “Handsome” and Orders ICL Report Removed

From Folha de S.Paulo · () Portuguese

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

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  • A Minas Gerais electoral judge ordered ICL to remove a report and five social media posts after finding that Nikolas Ferreira did not call Daniel Vorcaro “handsome” in an audio recording.
  • The judge said the recording ended with Ferreira addressing Vorcaro as “Dani,” but rejected the lawmaker’s request to remove reports about a request involving a mining asset.
  • The case concerns messages between Ferreira and Vorcaro, who was arrested in an investigation into alleged billion-real fraud at Banco Master.

A Minas Gerais electoral judge ordered the ICL website to remove a report about conversations between federal lawmaker Nikolas Ferreira and former banker Daniel Vorcaro. The ruling focused on one disputed word in an audio recording: whether Ferreira called Vorcaro “lindão,” or handsome.

It should be emphasized that the audio submitted with the initial petition was listened to carefully, and the reports published by the respondent were also reviewed. The claimant, in every passage, refers to Daniel Vorcaro as Dani, never as ‘handsome’.

· Jair Francisco dos SantosThe Minas Gerais electoral judge explained why he ordered ICL to remove the report and related posts.

In an interim decision signed Sunday, assistant judge Jair Francisco dos Santos said he had listened carefully to the audio and reviewed ICL’s reports. He concluded that Ferreira referred to Vorcaro as “Dani” throughout the recording, not “lindão.” The judge gave the website 24 hours to take down the report about the audio and five social media posts repeating its contents.

The ruling said the publication had altered the term Ferreira used when saying goodbye to Vorcaro. According to the judge, the correct ending was: “Then we’ll arrange to meet as well, okay? A big hug, Dani.” ICL’s report had said the lawmaker ended the message with “A hug there, handsome.”

Then we’ll arrange to meet as well, okay? A big hug, Dani.

· Nikolas FerreiraThe judge identified this as the wording at the end of Ferreira’s audio message to Vorcaro.

The material published by ICL also said Ferreira asked Vorcaro for help releasing a mining asset belonging to a former aide. The messages do not make clear whether Vorcaro granted the request. Ferreira also apologized for posts criticizing a Master-funded event in London. In another conversation, Vorcaro allegedly said he had paid for all of Ferreira’s flights and threatened to disclose that information.

This Nikolas, I paid for all his flights.

· Daniel VorcaroThe former banker allegedly made the statement in a 2024 conversation with another businessman.

Ferreira asked the electoral court to remove the reports about the mining asset, but the judge rejected that request. In an Instagram video, the lawmaker denied having a close relationship with Vorcaro, called the messages irrelevant and described publication of the audios as a “smokescreen.”

Smokescreen

· Nikolas FerreiraFerreira used the term to describe the publication of the audio recordings in an Instagram video.
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Originally published by Folha de S.Paulo 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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