The civil police of Rio Grande do Sul arrested the comedian this Sunday 14. The team has not yet commented
Comedian Dilson Alves da Silva Neto, the I denywas arrested by the Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul in Santa Catarina this Sunday, 14 years old, on charges of fraud. The information was confirmed at State by the police. Last Friday, the 12th, he had also been the target of another operation on charges of illegal lotteries.
OR State reached out to the comedian’s team for a statement on the arrest, but has yet to receive a response. The space remains open.
In a note sent at the time of the operation on suspicion of illegal lotteries, Nego Di’s defense reported that they had not had access to the files, but that “the innocence of the suspects will be demonstrated in due course”. According to the lawyers, “any disclosure of information requires caution to avoid a preventive and irreparable condemnation to the detriment of the suspects”.
Known for his participation in the Big Brother Brazil 21the comedian left the program with the highest rejection rate in history, 98.76% of the votes. The percentage was however surpassed by one of his fellow players, the singer Karol Conká, eliminated with 99.17% of the votes.
Born in Porto Alegre, the comedian has also had repercussions in recent times for the help he provided in the greatest climate tragedy in the history of Rio Grande do Sul. In May, he announced that he had donated R$ 1 million to the state.
Nego Di started to dedicate himself to humor in 2016, but he had already ventured into the world of comedy in school to defend himself from bullying. He started to gain fame after sharing his audios in WhatsApp conversations.
Controversies
After leaving the BBB 21the comedian has been embroiled in controversy with famous names and accusations of homophobia and transphobia. In 2022, Nego Di launched the stand-up 98% – The show with transphobic comments about singer Linn da Quebrada, participant in the BBB 22.
In one of the show’s excerpts, he referred to Linn as a “traveco,” a pejorative way in which cross-dressers and trans women should not be treated, made comments about the singer’s genitals, and that she had “friended” fellow attendee Maria at one of the parties.
At the time, the former BBB team did not respond to the request. State from a statement. The singer, however, addressed the issue on social media.
Linn said the comedian’s conduct was a “desperate attempt to force demonstrations that are potentially dangerous to the group to which he belongs.” “A laughter that chases, that seeks to correct, that wants to diminish in order to create the illusion of being bigger and stronger,” he wrote.
Last year, Nego Di posted a video mocking actor João Guilherme’s outfits during Paris Fashion Week. In the video, the comedian assumed the artist was gay for choosing to wear a cropped top.
“What a shame,” he began in the video. “I won’t accept. […] He dresses like a jerk and becomes the terror of men with fragile masculinity,” he said.
João Guilherme addressed the issue on social media, posting a series of screenshots of news stories about people being killed because of homophobia. The actor said he had “thought a lot” before speaking out about the topic, but decided to publish the post to “use this space to open up important conversations, especially since we are in LGBTQIAPN+ Pride Month.”
After the backlash, Nego Di released an “official statement” reinforcing the content of the video. The comedian said the post was just “a joke.”
The former BBB said that “it’s boring to have to explain this to people.” “I want to clarify that the joke I made has nothing to do with anyone’s sexuality, but in my opinion I don’t think it’s possible to ‘swallow it down your throat’ (sic) that a man has to dress like this and the man who doesn’t dress like this is because he has a fragile masculinity,” he said.
The comedian claimed he was not homophobic and, at the end, showed that he was wearing a dress.
Source: Terra
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