The live-streamed interview became one of the most controversial moments in the coverage of the kidnapping case, which was the subject of a Netflix documentary.
documentary premiere Eloa Incident: Living Hostagein Netflixresulting in a crime that stopped Brazil in October 2008. Eloa Cristina Pimentel15, was held in a private prison and murdered by her ex-boyfriend. lindenberg fernandez alvesIn the apartment I lived with my family in Santo Andre, São Paulo.
During the kidnapping, Lindenberg even gave a live interview, which interfered with negotiations with police. He began ignoring communications from authorities and spoke only through television programs.
“They put me in a guilty situation. I guarantee this to you and to you who are watching now. Any journalist would want to take my place. I was locked up and the public was locked up too,” he declared.
nayara rodriguez da silvaEloa’s friend, who was also in captivity and was released by her kidnappers, served as a prosecution witness at Lindenberg’s 2012 trial. She revealed that while she was in prison, she kept the television on to see what the broadcasters were saying about kidnapping.