Street vendor Pedro Henrique Espíndola, 21, quit Big Brother Brazil 26 on the night of January 18, 2026, after being accused of harassment by participant Jordana Morais. The Brasília native reported that he grabbed her neck and tried to forcibly kiss her in the house's pantry. The exit drew criticism to TV Globo for allowing the quit instead of an expulsion.
Pedro Henrique Espíndola, a street vendor from Curitiba who entered BBB 26 after winning the Southern Glass House, pressed the quit button around 8:05 PM on Sunday, January 18, 2026, hours before the first wall formation. The decision followed an accusation of sexual harassment by Jordana Morais, from the Camarote group, in the house's pantry, where she was searching for a babyliss. "He came in with me, grabbed me by the neck and tried to kiss me. I said: 'Are you crazy, what are you doing?'. He said: 'I'm doing what I felt like'", Jordana told colleagues Breno and Paulo Augusto.
Jordana also mentioned a prior incident on Saturday, when Pedro handled her intimate clothes, including a swimsuit, in the bathroom and took them to the laundry without permission, later apologizing. The brother had already sparked controversies: he irritated Juliano Floss by dirtying a backpack belonging to Marina Sena and accused Ana Paula Renault of a "job" against him.
Outside the house, his seven-months-pregnant wife, Rayne Luiza, deleted couple photos from Instagram, removed "wife" from her bio, and unfollowed him, after Pedro admitted early infidelities in their relationship, shown on the program. Netizens criticized Globo for enabling the quit button instead of expelling him, labeling the network "complicit". Tadeu Schmidt, announcing the exit live, laughed, sparking outrage: "Why did he smile?", profiles on X questioned.
The production has not publicly commented on the case yet, and the harassment scene was not aired. In the house, participants like Juliano Floss and Jonas Sulzbach noted that Pedro's behavior "was already crossing the line". Online, calls for the ex-brother's arrest went viral.
