TIL Desk Sports/ Police in Rio de Janeiro plan to investigate Brazilian soccer star Neymar for publishing intimate images of a woman who accused him of rape, officials have said. In Brazil, it is a crime punishable by one to five years in prison to offer, share, sell, distribute or publish images and/or videos with sexual content without the consent of the victim.
The Cybercrimes Department said in a statement on Sunday that it would look into “the alleged posting of a video by Neymar” to his Instagram account in which he revealed to his nearly 120 million followers conversations with the woman. Among the materials released were messages Neymar exchanged between March and May with the alleged victim and intimate photos of her.
The images, however, were edited to digitally blur her private parts, as well as times and names. Neymar confirmed that he has other videos sent by the woman but has not released them. In offences like this prison sentence could be increased if it is motivated by revenge or humiliation after a sexual relationship.