VIP box scandal: woman drops case, police eye Mara’s other deals | OneFootball

The lawsuit filed by Rita de Cássia Adriana Prado, which helped reveal the irregular use of a Morumbi stadium suite, has been withdrawn from court. The case was being processed in the 3rd Civil Court of the Regional Forum IX, in Vila Prudente, and the withdrawal prevents the designated judge from ruling on the merits.

This change does not interfere with the ongoing criminal investigation by the Civil Police. Through the company The Guardian Entretenimento, Adriana was suing Carolina Lima Cassemiro, of Cassemiro Eventos Ltda., accusing her of taking an envelope containing tickets for suite 3A for the Shakira concert in February of last year. These tickets would have yielded R$ 132,000.

Adriana acted as an intermediary in negotiations with Mara Casares, then director of São Paulo, involving spaces at club events and concerts at Morumbi. The filing of the lawsuit led Mara and Douglas Schwartzmann, also a director at the time, to pressure Adriana to drop the case, aiming to prevent the matter, which they described as ‘clandestine,’ from becoming public.

“Does your lawyer know everything is clandestine?” Schwartzmann asks in a released audio recording. “Do you want me to explain to him how you got this deal and explain that you had no right to sell that? Because you know you didn’t. You, me, and Mara know. Did something wrong? If you did, you have to face the consequences. There’s no way around it, dear.”

The portal ‘UOL‘ was told by Adriana’s representatives that the decision was not made due to pressure from Mara and Schwartzmann. The sequence of events resulted in the opening of a police inquiry and the suspension of Mara and Schwartzmann. The new president, Harry Massis Júnior, guarantees they will not return to their positions.

The episode also served as the basis for the impeachment request against former president Júlio Casares, which led to his resignation. Adriana and her husband allegedly tried to sell the audio to a former opposition councilor, who confirmed he paid R$ 200,000 in undeposited checks, and denies having received or leaked the material.

The Civil Police executed search and seizure warrants at the addresses of those involved, seizing R$ 28,000 in cash and documents detailing the scheme.

According to the newspaper ‘O Estado de S. Paulo‘, investigations indicate that the partnership between Adriana and Mara was not limited to the Shakira concert, with records of business dealings since 2023 and reports dating back to 2022.

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