Bolsonaro's nephew will face a jury trial for attempted femicide.

Orestes Bolsonaro Campos , nephew of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), will be tried by the São Paulo Jury Court next Tuesday, the 11th, for attempted femicide against his ex-wife and attempted homicide against her boyfriend. The case occurred in 2020, in Barra do Turvo (649 kilometers from the capital).

In the indictment, the Public Prosecutor's Office states that Orestes entered his ex-partner's house—with whom he lived for 17 years—during the early morning hours, using an old key, while she and her boyfriend were sleeping with their young son in the living room. Inside the house, he attacked the man with a piece of eucalyptus wood and then pulled out a gun and fired.

After the attack, the woman reportedly fled with her son in her arms and sought help. The attack occurred by surprise and made any defense by the victims impossible, argued the Public Prosecutor's Office when charging the former captain's nephew.

The case arrived at the 3rd Jury Court of the São Paulo capital in 2024, after the body requested the transfer alleging that the Bolsonaro family exerts strong political and economic influence in the Vale do Ribeira region, which could compromise the impartiality of the trial.

This Friday, the 7th, Judge Isabel Begalli Rodriguez ordered the summons of the witnesses and the defendant, as well as the issuance of simultaneous warrants to avoid delays in the proceedings. The news outlet was unable to contact the defendant's legal counsel for comment. The space remains open for their response.

Orestes, who has never run for elected office and does not make public appearances with Bolsonaro, is the son of Denise Bolsonaro Campos, the former president's sister. He has already been convicted in another case for assaulting a former girlfriend, also in 2020, in Registro (SP).

In this case, he was ultimately sentenced to four months of open-regime detention and ordered to pay compensation for moral damages. The episode involved hair pulling, slaps, and assaults that, according to the court, resulted in "injuries inconsistent with the version presented by the defendant."