Former judge Rui Fonseca e Castro was accused by the Ministry of State (MP) of crimes against honor and libel due to videos published in 2021 showing him insulting Ferro Rodriguez, then President of the Assembly of the Republic, and Magina da Silva , former national director of PSP. Information provided by the magazine Vision.
The lawyer also goes to court because of negotiations with PSP agents that took place at the High Council of Justice in the same year.
Between March and July 2021, the former judge posted several videos on Facebook on the Habeas Corpus page criticizing the state’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Due to the controversial content of the published videos, Ruy Fonseca y Castro became one of the faces of the denialist movement that emerged during the pandemic.
In one of the videos, Ruy Fonseca even called Ferro Rodriguez a “pedophile” who “should commit suicide.”
Magina da Silva, Ruy Fonseca and Castro made at least four videos calling the former PSP director a “fraudster, a ‘complainer’ and a ‘weak man with no leadership qualities’.”
The former judge even challenged Magina Silva to a fight. “If I win, Mr. Magina will say, ‘I’m an idiot and the boss of the government,'” he said.
Ruy Fonseca e Castro was suspended from office by the Supreme Council of the Judiciary following intervention, and his dismissal was confirmed on October 7, 2021.