$ 20,200 fine to Gabigol for going to a clandestine casino

Flamengo's Brazilian forward Gabriel Barbosa 'Gabigol' agreed on Monday to pay a fine of 110,000 reais (about $ 20,200) for failing to comply with sanitary measures against the coronavirus by going to a clandestine casino on March 14 in Sao Paulo.

In an express telematic hearing, the Justice of Sao Paulo accepted the agreement reached between Gabigol and the Prosecutor's Office through which the footballer agreed to pay that fine in exchange for not being prosecuted for a crime against public health.

The former player of Santos and Inter Milan must deposit the $ 20,200 fine within 60 days, which will go to the Municipal Fund for Children and Adolescents, according to the ruling published by the Court of Justice of Sao Paulo.

The amount is equivalent to 100 minimum wages, which in Brazil is 1,100 reais (about 202 dollars at today's exchange rate).

The agreement with the Public Ministry files the process against 'Gabigol', open for failing to comply with current sanitary measures, which in Sao Paulo is punished with penalties of one month to one year in prison plus a fine, in case of conviction.

The ram came to be arrested in the early morning of March 14 in an evening with 150 other people in a clandestine casino in Sao Paulo, despite the curfew and the ban on parties in the city in order to prevent the spread of covid-19.

In that operation, the popular funk singer MC Gui was also taken to the police station.

In an interview he gave to the Fantástico television program, 'Gabigol' explained that he went to the place invited by friends to have dinner, but that he did not know that there was such an agglomeration of people in the establishment.

“I admit that I lacked sensitivity, but it was my last day of vacation and I was happy to be with my friends. I lacked sensitivity, but I was using a mask and alcohol-gel, “he said.

With almost 14.4 million cases and more than 391,000 deaths, Brazil is the second country in the world with the most associated deaths to covid-19, after the United States, and the third most positive, after the United States and India. EFE