Influencers sentenced to prison for raping minor in Loures
Four young influencers have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven to eight years for the rape and filming of a 16-year-old girl in Loures. The court ordered three of the defendants into preventive detention due to flight risk, while the fourth remains at liberty pending a potential appeal. The group was also ordered to pay 50,000 euros in compensation to the victim.
Preventive detention (prisão preventiva) is a court-ordered measure that keeps a suspect in custody before trial when a judge decides there is a real risk they might flee, tamper with evidence, or pose a danger to others. It is temporary and not a conviction; in the recent case five of the 37 alleged members were ordered to await the investigation in preventive detention by the Central Criminal Investigation Court. Those detained should request a lawyer and can seek consular assistance if they are foreign nationals, while family or lawyers can ask the court to review or lift the measure.
