FHC family seeks probe as filmmaker calls apartment video a historic record

FHC family seeks probe as filmmaker calls apartment video a historic record
Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s children have asked São Paulo authorities to investigate videos filmed inside the former president’s apartment, arguing that the images exposed him and details of his home while he requires permanent care for advanced Alzheimer’s disease.

The family’s legal response goes beyond seeking removal of the footage. It asks for Oliveira’s social-media accounts to be suspended and for authorities to seize and examine phones, computers and other devices that may contain material from the recordings, separating files related to Cardoso from unrelated content.

Patrícia Kundrat Brasil, Cardoso’s partner, told police that Oliveira had been allowed into the apartment but was not authorized to film Cardoso or publish the images. According to the police report, the recordings showed the former president in a “totally vulnerable” condition and also revealed intimate details of the residence. Police opened an inquiry initially registered as defamation and said the case would also be assessed under protections for older people.

Oliveira offers a contrasting account. He says he was invited to the home through his connection to Kundrat Brasil and received her permission to make the recordings. He has argued that Alzheimer’s should not mean someone is hidden from public life, calling the video a “historic record” and saying it showed Cardoso was being well cared for.

That defense is at the center of the disagreement. Oliveira frames publication as recognition of Cardoso’s life and dignity; the family says neither access to the apartment nor a relationship with its residents gave him consent to record and circulate images of a person whose cognitive condition has led relatives to seek legal protective measures. The videos were removed from the original Instagram account after criticism, though copies circulated elsewhere.

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