In Brazil, 27-year-old Shayene “shAy” Victorio was sentenced to 116 years in prison. The former professional player and now Twitch streamer (GTA V) is accused of running a fraudulent shop online. She plans to appeal.
Who is the player? The Brazilian Shay Victorio was a professional player in Counter-Strike 1.6 and CS:GO from 2008 to 2019. Brazil is a country crazy about eSports, and shAy helped establish eSports for women. According to ESPN Brazil, she was one of the best players of the last decade.
In 2019, she ended her career after 11 years, became a streamer on Twitch, and gathered around 30,000 viewers there. The “digital influencer” mainly played GTA Online and CS:GO on Twitch last year. She also has an Instagram account with about 88,000 followers.
She is known to a larger public in Brazil as the current girlfriend of a football goalkeeper there: Jean Paulo Fernandes Filho was the national goalkeeper of the U20 team in 2015. However, his career has stalled somewhat and he recently made headlines for allegedly having beaten his wife in Florida.
Sentenced to 116 years in prison
What was she convicted for? shAy is accused in Brazil of having run an online shop that promised goods but did not deliver them. The court cites 118 victims who were allegedly defrauded between 2013 and 2017.
The Brazilian news site UOL reports: A Brazilian special unit for combating organized crime has investigated Shayene Victorio and found evidence in her emails. In addition to shAy, her father and her ex-husband are also being prosecuted.
It is said that a woman identifying herself as Shayene was asked over the phone by victims where the ordered goods were. The woman explained: A truck had broken down, the goods were damaged, and the customers would have to wait another 60 days for their order. However, the products were never delivered.
For the judge, it was clear that “Shayenne” had to be the defendant, especially because of the unusual name. Several victims called and were thus fobbed off.
The Twitch streamer was sentenced to 116 years in prison in a closed procedure. However, she would only have to serve 30 years because Brazilian law provides a maximum of 30 years in prison.
“Inhumane judgment”
This is what the Twitch streamer says: She announced that she would appeal the verdict.
She says on Instagram: She has not been arrested and will not be arrested. Furthermore, she is not a fugitive, as has been claimed.
The charges are a result of the behavior of her former “husband,” who has taken full responsibility for the problem.
She says she works publicly, is on air every day, and is known. This does not fit with how she is portrayed.
Her lawyer states in a statement that his client shAy is the target of defamations online: People have created false pages to attack her, just to gossip and out of malice.
The court’s judgment is considered inhumane, and a new decision based on the presumption of innocence is expected.
Should the appeal that shAy demands be unsuccessful, she would go to prison until 2050. Then she would be 57 years old.
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