Twenty-seven people from the artistic world were identified in complaints of harassment, abuse, rape and assaultshared after DJ Liliana Cunha made public an accusation against jazz pianist João Pedro Coelho, as Observador reported last week.
This information was revealed to Lusa this Thursday by the artist Maia Balduz who, together with Liliana Cunha, has been collecting, verifying and filtering the complaints and testimonies that both received through social networks and an email ([email protected] ) that created meanwhile. “We took the initiative to create the email to facilitate the management of all the testimonies we were receiving. Many people continued using social networks, we are still in the phase of putting everything together. It’s not easy to handle [tanta informação]”, said.
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There is also a group to share testimonials on the platform. Telegrambut it was not created or managed by Liliana Cunha and Maia Balduz. “At first it was for victims from any field, but with the João Pedro Coelho case it became a place where many people from the world of music went to tell their experiences. We do not use these testimonials unless they are sent to us,” explained the artist.
Liliana Cunha, known in the artistic world as Tágide, Last week he made a complaint on social media.having initially identified the alleged attacker only by name, stating that he was a jazz pianist from Lisbon. He later revealed that he was João Pedro Coelho, a musician and former teacher at the Hot Clube school in Portugal.
The pianist denied the accusationsalleging “total innocence,” in a post shared on his account on instagram. “To restore the truth and repair the offense to my good name, I will use the legal means within my reach,” he wrote.
Maia Balduz, “and many others within the [do jazz]They realized “what João” DJ was referring to in the first publication. This is because “there were rumors, but nothing as serious as what happened with Liliana.”
Liliana Cunha accused João Pedro Coelho of rape and stealth (non-use of condom without the consent of the partner), allegedly committed in 2023.
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However, he stealth It is not considered a crime in Portugal. and rape complaints must be filed within one year of the alleged crime occurring.
Maia Balduz feels that there was “something locked in many women” and Liliana Cunha’s sharing made them decide to speak. “How I started sharing [no Instagram] messages I received, many began to come to me and give testimonies,” he said, clarifying that “testimonies began to emerge in relation to other people.”
Maia and Liliana began to compile the information received in a list that includes 27 alleged attackers, all men.
“There is a case outside of the music medium.But since there are several testimonies, it seemed appropriate to keep them here,” he said. This number could increase, since the artists have not yet collected all the testimonies they received through social networks and complaints continue to arrive.
Furthermore, not all targets are identified, because “there are people who are afraid to say the name of the attacker, they just need a safe channel to report their situation.”
Each defendant is the subject of several accusations.except one, of which only one testimony has been recorded so far.
“We are outlining the profiles, the patterns. Because this is kind of modus operandi which these people are being identified as having. “They always end up using the same path to get what they want,” he said. The accounts do not include “what he said.” “We only present complaints from people who make their testimony official,” he stated.
In addition, there is also “be very careful with any type of testimony that is not very coherent, because unfortunately things can always come out that are not real.” “We went through this process of, with the possible channels we have, trying to understand how credible the testimony is. You have to be very careful with this. there are very few [as denúncias que não são credíveis]obviously, because to have the courage to talk about these issues, people usually come to talk about what happened to them,” said Maia Balduz.
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The two artists will not reveal the names of the victims, who They are mostly women, but there are also men.“unless someone wants to get ahead,” nor the situations he went through. The alleged crimes range from stalking (stalking) harassment, rape and assault.
“Unfortunately, in Portugal most crimes have a statute of limitations. There were people who went to file a complaint and the crime was already prescribed. In that aspect, Justice is not fulfilling its function,” lamented Maia Balduz.
Some cases occurred in situations of power relations, between victim and aggressor, such as teacher and student. According to Maia Balduz, there were those who went to the educational institutions: “They reported it and nothing happened.”
João Pedro Coelho was part of the teaching staff at the Hot Clube jazz school in Portugal, which led the institution to clarify, in a statement last week, that the pianist “ceased his duties as a teacher at the school in the academic year 2022/ 23, not being associated”, pointing out that “the reported case [de Liliana Cunha] It has no relationship with the institution.”
However, the HCP management revealed that “two harassment situations were identified in the last academic year 2021/22”, which led to “the dismissal of the teachers in question”.
“As a result of this process, a Code of Conduct was created for the school community, as well as a Student Service Office and a Complaints Channel,” he said. The school management also said it was not aware of any ongoing complaints or allegations, “being available to act immediately in accordance with the information that arrives.”
Source: Observadora
