São Paulo's Public Ministry has dropped a civil action against influencer Monark over a four-year-old statement on a Nazi party. The prosecutor ruled it falls within freedom of expression limits. The decision came at the end of March.
São Paulo's Public Ministry has abandoned a civil public action against Bruno Monteiro Aiub, known as Monark. The antisemitism accusation stemmed from a 2022 statement on the Flow podcast, where he argued a Nazi party should be legally recognized in Brazil. "I think the Nazi should have the Nazi party recognized by law. If someone wants to be anti-Jewish, I think he should have the right to be," Monark said at the time.
The Human Rights Prosecutor's Office sought R$ 4 million in compensation for collective moral damages. The controversy led to Monark's exit from the Flow Podcast and a police investigation. At the end of March, prosecutor Marcelo Otavio Camargo Ramos argued for dismissing the case, stressing the fight against antisemitism but stating no crime occurred.
"Defending the freedom of conviction and expression of individuals adhering to such ideology does not imply endorsement [...] absent hate speech, concrete incitement to violence, or illicit acts," the prosecutor wrote. He noted Monark's condemnations of Nazism during the debate, such as "Nazism is wrong, it's from the devil" and "I'm not defending Nazism!".
Monark attributed the statement to alcohol's influence, with his defense highlighting the difference between speech and action. In 2023, he moved to the United States and returned to Brazil in 2025, regaining social media access previously banned by STF Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The prosecutor cited Moraes's book on freedom of expression.
