Gabriel Costa also requested the transfer of the artist’s remains to a cemetery in Rio de Janeiro; Gal is buried in Sao Paulo
Summary
Gabriel Costa, son of Gal Costa, asked the court that his mother’s body be exhumed and taken to the São João Batista cemetery in Rio de Janeiro. He also requested an autopsy to definitively establish the cause of her death.
Gabriel Costa, son of singer Gal Costa, asked the court on Wednesday the 13th that his mother’s body be exhumed and taken to another cemetery. The young man also requested an autopsy to definitively establish the cause of his mother’s death. The information is from the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.
According to a petition presented by the young man’s lawyers, he asked that the singer’s remains be transferred to the São João Batista cemetery, in Rio de Janeiro, so that Gal can be buried next to her mother, Mariah Costa Penna. Currently, the artist’s body is located in the Ordem Terceira do Carmo cemetery, in the Consolação neighborhood of São Paulo.
According to the publication, Gal Costa had purchased a perpetual grave so the two could be buried side by side, but the decision to have the body remain in São Paulo was made by Wilma Petrillo, the singer’s widow. When the artist died in 2022, her son was a minor and could not interfere in the decision.
The location where Gal was buried became controversial shortly after the singer’s death. At the time, the decision was criticized by several close friends.
“Gabriel, recently of age, questions the lack of respect for his mother’s rights, which is why he asks for due compensation before the Judiciary, requesting the exhumation of the body and the immediate transfer to the São João Batista cemetery in Rio de Janeiro “lawyer Luci Vieira Nunes told the newspaper.
Controversy over the cause of death
Gal Costa died in November 2022, aged 77. Her death certificate lists two presumptive causes: acute myocardial infarction and malignant tumor of the skull and neck.
The information was released months after his death, following an article in the magazine Piauí I would like to point out that the entrepreneur Wilma Petrillo, Gal’s widow, is accused of financial fraud, moral harassment towards former employees and threats. Today Gabriel Costa is also questioning in court the portion of Gal’s assets claimed by Wilma.
After the article, journalist Hildegard Angel also started a movement on social media calling for an autopsy on the singer’s body. Now Gal’s son asks for the cause of her death to be clarified.
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Source: Terra
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