Testimony indicates that Jeff Machado was duped out of his dream of shining on television
A friend of actor Jeff Machado, who was found dead in a trunk buried four months after his disappearance, told police he was the victim of a scam. The information comes from ‘O Globo’.
Beautician Cintia Hilsendeger said the suspect involved in the crime managed to take money from the victim creating the expectation to soar in her TV career.
“He approached Jefferson that he was a production assistant. The suspect explained that Jeff would have had to give BRL 20,000 to get access to a role in the soap opera and not just be in the supporting cast. It turns out that every time there was a new soap opera Jeff didn’t get called,” Cíntia said in a statement.
The desire to succeed in teleplay prompted the actor to follow some advice from the man who became his friend and personal assistant.
“He said Jeff had to lose weight or gain weight. Every time she asked Jeff to be patient, his time would come for her. I told him to be calm that everything would work out, that the next soap opera would be successful. I told him not to believe him,” Cíntia said in her testimony.
After time passed and there was no training for a major role, Jeff Machado “woke up” to reality.
“Jeff was concerned and upset, he thought the person was trustworthy, but he said he knew of people who were victims of this same team. We believe his death was for this, because he said he would put his mouth on the world. In the end, Jeff asked for his money back and only received R $ 2,000. He had no idea they were scammers, because he thought the boy was in love with him,” the witness said.
Jeff Machado’s remains were buried on Saturday (27), in the Cruz das Almas cemetery, in Araranguá (SC), the artist’s hometown. The mystery surrounding his disappearance came to an end on Monday (22), when police located a trunk that belonged to him buried under concrete in the courtyard of a house in west Rio where he lived with his dogs.
The actor had disappeared on January 27. Some even impersonated him in exchange for cell phone messages with family. Jeff Machado was 44 years old. In 2022, he played a philistine soldier in Record’s soap opera ‘Reis’. He died without fulfilling his dream of becoming a famous television artist.
Source: Terra
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