Atacante do Atlético está suspenso por jogos do Campeonato Brasileiro e terá que pagar multa de R$ 90 mil. Dudu signed a contract with Galo until the end of 2027 (photo: Leandro Curi / EM / D.A. Press). By majority, the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) denied the appeal of the forward Dudu from Atlético on Friday (8/8). After being sentenced in the first instance for misogyny against Palmeiras’ president, Leila Pereira, the 32-year-old player tried to reverse the situation in court. However, Dudu’s defense appeal was unsuccessful. Therefore, he will have to serve the punishment established earlier. Dudu’s penalty. The forward was sentenced to pay a fine of R$ 90,000 for the case. Moreover, he is suspended for six games of the Brazilian Championship. In the decision, it was highlighted that the punishment only applies to Serie A, without affecting the games that Galo will play in the Brazil Cup and South American Cup. As Dudu has already served the suspension in three games, there are three games remaining. Therefore, he will not be able to enter the field in the matches against Vasco, Grêmio, and São Paulo. With a suspensive effect, he was released to play against Flamengo in the round of 16 of the Brazil Cup, in which Atlético advanced. These matches do not count towards the suspension games. Dudu’s accusation. Dudu was accused by the STJD Prosecutor’s Office of offensive statements against Palmeiras’ president, Leila Pereira. The player was framed in article 243-G of the Brazilian Code of Sports Justice. ‘To practice a discriminatory, disdainful or outrageous act, related to prejudice based on ethnic origin, race, sex, color, age, condition of elderly person, or person with a disability,’ says the article, which provides for a suspension penalty of five to 10 games. ‘The defendant’s conduct is covered with unacceptable misogyny, as it seeks to devalue the professional trajectory and credibility of. Leila Pereira, the only female president of a first division football club in Brazil,’ says the accusation.
