The Rio Civil Police launched an investigation to investigate rapper Flávio Cesar Costa de Castro, known as Orochi, for crimes of abusing animals, failing to exercise caution when guarding or driving animals, and endangering the life or health of others. According to neighbors of the artist, who lives in a luxury gated community in Joá in the city’s South Zone, his three pit bulls roam outside his mansion without a collar or muzzle and have already torn apart other dogs and also injured local residents, including him, an elderly woman with Dementia. One of the victims was actor Cauã Reymond, who was attacked while walking in the street with his wife, model Mariana Goldfarb, their 10yearold daughter Sofia and two family dogs.
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The pit bulls of rapper Flávio Cesar Costa de Castro, known as Orochi Photo: Reproduction
According to delegate Leandro Gontijo, head of the 16th DP (Barra da Tijuca), the proceedings began after representatives from the Society of Friends of Joatinga (Sajo) visited the police station amid complaints from residents and employees in the area, the report reported that the three pit bulls roam freely along Rua Professor Pantoja Leite, endangering adults, children and the elderly and their pets. At least four attacks have been registered in the last two years.
In light of the news of serious crimes that have terrified the local population with risks to the physical safety of humans and other animals, we have tried unsuccessfully to summon the owner of the pit bulls to solve the cases. With this, we represent the judiciary for the ban on guarding and for the search and confiscation of these animals so that they can be collected and cared for by an entity to be designated by the Municipal Secretariat for the Protection and Defense of Animals (SMPDA) explained the delegate.
According to witnesses, at around 7:20 p.m. on October 5, 2020, a local resident was walking two labradors on a leash when he was attacked by the feral pit bulls for about five minutes. In a statement in the district, he said he came to pick up provoked abrasions he sustained while trying to protect his pets. At that time, five men left Orochi’s house to follow the man’s calls for help. The rapper said “in an arrogant attitude” according to the victim that the “dogs escaped” and that it took him a long time to collect them because he was busy “taking his record.”
Rapper Flávio Cesar Costa de Castro, known as Orochi Photo: Reproduction
After calling Orochi a “potential killer” and admonishing him for leaving the door open so two pit bulls could hang around offleash on a condominium street where children walk, he took the Labradors to a vet. At the crime scene, experts certified the smaller animal ten bites and charged R$ 1,200 for the service. As a precaution, the resident received a rabies and tetanus vaccination.
On March 17, 2021, between 9 and 10 p.m., a doctor was walking 9yearold Labrador Zeca and his companion when he was surprised by a pit bull running out of Orochi’s home. For about five minutes, he saw his dog being attacked in the neck and sustained injuries to his arms, hips, buttocks, feet and hands while trying to stop the fight. At the police station, he said he received no support or help from the singer.
In the early hours of February 10, 2022, an employee of a businessman fell when he was attacked by pit bulls while walking two dogs. On the 12th at around 8:30 p.m., it was the turn of Cauã Reymond, Mariana Goldfarb, Sofia and two dogs without being gagged by pit bulls. Testifying before the 16th DP, the actor said the animals left Orochi’s apartment where the door was open and they were all protected by their animals, who faced the pit bulls.
In a statement, the actor’s press office confirmed the attack to EXTRA, reporting that “the dogs appear to have been moved to a different location.” “The rapper messaged Cauã and everything was sorted out between the two. In fact, Cauã is a great admirer of Orochi’s work,” the statement said.
Speaking for the search and seizure warrants, delegate Leandro Gontijo points out that rapper Flávio Cesar Costa de Castro, known as Orochi, violated state law 3205 of 1999, which requires pit bulls to be muzzled. The application will be reviewed by Judge Paula Fernandes Machado of the 5th Criminal Court of the Rio Court.
— Since it is a repeated practice with multiple episodes of attacks and lack of diligence in care and caution of the animals, the penalties of the crimes can be added. This sum is relevant because it eliminates a number of benefits provided for by law and increases the likelihood of a criminal conviction, including compensation for the harm done to the victims said criminal defense attorney Thiago Andrade, who represents Sajo in the criminal case.
When asked by EXTRA, Orochi said the “alleged facts are contradictory and are being duly investigated by the judiciary.” “The dogs do not belong to me as in all of the alleged episodes of dog escapes I took no action or omission that would have enabled the dogs to escape. Despite this, there is still an unsettled intent to attribute the taint of the crime to me, perhaps the only young black owner of a property in Joá,” the singer said in a note.