Court orders Bolsonaro to compensate journalist for sexist comments

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(CNN) --

The Sao Paulo Court of Justice ruled Wednesday, in a 4-1 vote, that President Jair Bolsonaro must pay "moral damages" of 35,000 reais ($6,700) to Brazilian journalist Patricia Campos Mello. , after making sexually suggestive comments about her in 2020.

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Brazil's president publicly claimed that Campos Mello, a reporter for the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper, offered sex in exchange for information on an investigative article about Brazil's 2018 presidential election. In response, Campos Mello sued President Jair Bolsonaro in 2020. .

“A victory for all women.

I thank the brilliant [lawyer Tais Gasparian] and all of you for the mobilization, without you it would not be possible,” Campos Mello wrote on his Twitter account this Wednesday.

CNN has reached out to the public relations team for the Brazilian presidency for comment with no response.

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In March 2021, Judge Inah de Lemos e Silva Machado of the 8th Chamber awarded Campos Mello compensation of 20,000 reais (US$3,800).

The Brazilian president filed an appeal following the court's decision.

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