In the decision that converted the arrest of actor José Dumont for storing child pornography to preventive detention in a detention hearing this Friday, Judge Antonio Luiz da Fonseca Lucchese argued that “the situation has serious contours,” saying in the document pointed out that about 240 files were found on the actor, including pictures and videos, which indicates a criminal repetition. The accused continues José Frederico Marques Public Jail, in Benfica.
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While executing the search and seizure warrant at the home of José Dumont in Catete, in Rio’s South Zone, Civil Police officers found images and videos of children and young people engaging in lewd acts on his cell phone and computer. as stated in the decision.
Confronted with the confiscated images, the actor confirmed in a statement to police on Thursday (15), to which EXTRA had access, that they are his property and part of a “study for the future realization of a work on the subject, without taboos or filters” . The actor said he obtained the images online and denied ever having photographed, filmed, produced or edited images of children and young people in a pornographic context.
José Dumont told police that he does not participate in virtual groups to share these images. The actor also said he never bought or sold any child pornography material, reiterating at the end of the statement that he only saved the images for “consultation and study.”
The actor’s defense has not yet commented on the arrest. José Dumont was investigated in an investigation at Dcav for the crime of raping a vulnerable person. According to police, he used his prestige and recognition as an actor to attract the attention of a 12yearold teenager who was a fan of the suspect. The complaint came from neighbors. According to the investigation, security cameras in the condo where he lives caught the actor abusing the teenager, including kissing and fondling him.
The investigation also indicates that he developed a close relationship with the boy, offering financial help and gifts and taking advantage of the victim’s financial vulnerability to make advances with kisses on the mouth and intimate caresses from there were finally captured by cameras, surveillance, opening an investigation.
With a career spanning more than 40 years, José Dumont has been cast in the soap opera ‘Todos as flores’ on Globoplay, TV Globo’s streaming platform, which is set to premiere in October. In a statement, Globo explained that the actor has been removed from the storyline, which was created and written by João Emanuel Carneiro under the artistic direction of Carlos Araújo.