Flordelis dos Santos de Souza

A former member of the Chamber of Deputies (representing Rio de Janeiro), Flordelis came to wider prominence in Brazil through her music career, becoming a notable singer in the Contemporary Christian genre.Her charity work and adoptions attracted the attention of the media, and a film based on her life, Flordelis: Basta uma Palavra para Mudar, was released in 2009.Police could not arrest Flordelis because she held parliamentary immunity, but detectives pushed for her status as a member of Congress to be stripped.[9] On August 11, 2021, Flordelis had her mandate as a Congresswoman revoked by the Chamber, in a lawsuit filed by Representative Alexandre Leite.[10] Flordelis had her preventive detention decreed by the 3rd Criminal Court of Niterói after being arrested on August 13, 2021, by Rio de Janeiro Civil Police.
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