Bruno Henrique: STJD Investigates Match-Fixing Claims – Live Updates

In addition to Bruno Henrique, the Prosecutor’s Office denounced four more amateur athletes: Flamengo’s brother Wander Nunes Pinto Junior, as well as Claudinei Vitor Mosquete Bassan, Andryl Sales Nascimento dos Reis and Douglas Ribeiro Pina Barcelos (all friends of Wander).

Prosecutor Caio Porto Ferreira indicated that this is a case of sports compliance. Confronting Bruno Henrique’s defense argument that the STJD had even filed the lawsuit in late 2024, reiterated that there was still no access to messages between the player and his brother Wander. With the sharing of these evidence, it was possible to establish the inquiry.

At the beginning of his vote, he also criticized betting houses such as Betano, who is now Flamengo’s master sponsor, for not collaborating with information sharing and indicating victims.

On the other hand, lawyer Alexandre Vitorino, who represents Bruno Henrique with Michel Assef, defended the prescription time as a reason to invalidate the process. The period would last 60 days, going from November 1, 2023 (the date of the match between Flamengo and Santos) to December 31 of that year. Therefore, the complaint, dated August 1, 2025, would be out of date.

– New evidence does not exhum deadline. The Attorney’s Office is impressed by the tests gathered in a search and seizure and changes its idea regarding the alleged collusion between Bruno and Wander. The Attorney’s Office does not realize that, for real innovation, it would need to cover both ends. Conduct exists only if there is a collusion between Bruno and Wander and if the bid is considered intentional and, more than that, intentional to contemplate gamblers, ”he said.

The lawyer also pointed out that it is impossible to say that there was a collusion between Bruno Henrique and Wander, as well as the yellow card generator would have happened exclusively to benefit gamblers.

Representing Flamengo in the trial, lawyer Michel Assef Filho reiterated that the red-black club disapproves of conduct that relate to the manipulation of results and decided to support his athlete. He returned to talk about the case prescription period and criticized the STJD Attorney’s Office for not seeking his own evidence and depending on the investigation of the Federal Police.

– This is the Brazilian Championship, from CBF. Therefore, the jurisdiction is from the Brazilian Football Confederation, and therefore this CBJD. We are talking here about the statute of limitations of the Brazilian Code of Sports Justice, since FIFA’s Disciplinary Code does not apply to national competitions. Therefore, by all these arguments already brought, this process needs to be filed once and for all, ”he said.

Following, auditor Alcino Guedes rejected the defense’s argument and countered that the Attorney’s Office was only able to access the evidence at the time the court shared them. This reason would restart the statute of limitations. Thus, among this information sharing, the initiation of the inquiry and the offer of the complaint, would have passed 58 days, within the deadline.

Assef came into debate with the court member saying he understood that the period was 85 days, which did not change Guedes’ understanding. Later the vote began and auditor Guilherme Martorelli voted in favor of the defense.

Auditor William Figueiredo understands that it is necessary to work from the full receipt of the full evidence of the Federal Police inquiry, following the vote of Guedes. For him, the date of departure in 2023 cannot enter the time frame account.

Auditor Carolina Ramos rejected the prerogative of preclusion, forming a majority for the refusal of the defense.

Why will Bruno Henrique be tried?

Bruno Henrique is accused of sharing early information about the yellow card received at a game against Santos at Mané Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia, on November 1, 2023. The bid would have benefited his brother, Wander, who would have yet passed on to friends.