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Senator Jorge Kajuru stated that a PL congressman, now suspected of having a relationship with a minor, harassed young people in the youth team of a club.

Suspected of having an intimate relationship with a teenager under the age of 18 after the Civil Police arrested two of his employees, federal congressman Professor Alcides Ribeiro (PL-GO) was accused of pedophilia in 2016 by Senator Jorge Kajuru (PSB-GO). A security guard and an aide to Ribeiro's congressman were arrested this Thursday (12/12) for allegedly breaking into the minor's house and forcing the young man to delete images of intimate moments with the congressman. Eight years ago, Kajuru stated that Alcides Ribeiro harassed teenagers who played soccer in the youth teams of Atlético Clube Goianiense. When contacted by the column, the senator avoided commenting on the operation that targeted the congressman's allies. “Today, I have learned in life that it is not worth getting involved in personal matters,” he said. Kajuru retracted what he had said and even apologized to the congressman, with whom he has maintained a good relationship.

Alcides Ribeiro has not yet commented on the operation. The space remains open. The Civil Police of Goiás served arrest and search and seizure warrants against three people accused of breaking into the minor's home to allegedly delete compromising images that were on his cell phone. One of those arrested is the congressman's security guard, who lives in Aparecida de Goiânia, while another is the congressman's aide in Brasília.

The police suspect that the prisoners had forced the minor to provide the cell phone password to delete images that were in the photo gallery and saved in the cloud. The warrants were served by the Child and Adolescent Protection Department (DPCA) of Aparecida de Goiânia.

"The aforementioned heinous crime was intended to erase videos, photos and conversations stored on the phones, as well as saved in iCloud, with the aim of hiding an intimate relationship between the teenager and a congressman. The DPCA of Aparecida began to take steps to qualify and locate those investigated, who restricted the freedom of the teenager, who was threatened with the use of firearms so that he would hand over his telephone devices and provide the ICloud password”, informed the Civil Police of Goiás, in a note.