Anjos vs Joana Marques: Tatanka tried to dissuade singers

Tatanka is asked if he found the video funny, but he reiterates that he doesn't remember watching it at the time. "It was a very difficult time, with a lot going on," he explains.

Having admitted that he has since rewatched the video, he adds: "It's not funny anymore, we're here... I'd rather not be here, we're all in agreement on that, I don't have the wisdom to judge anything. If it was funny at all, it's already lost."

The singer says that at the time he had a lot of interaction on social media, but it was because of the program and not because of the video.

The lawyer is trying to determine whether the interaction worsened with the video, or whether she received messages about the incident. "At the same time, there are five hundred thousand messages that I don't read," she explained, adding that she hadn't noticed any conversations about the video.

Tatanka is already talking, explaining that he has been friends "for some time" with Joana Marques, whom he met on the "Ídolos" program and on the radio.

The musician now responds to Anjos' lawyer, who asks if he's aware of the video in question. "I saw it," he replies. "In its entirety?" "I think so," he repeats.

The lawyer insists on whether Tatanka saw the part of the video in which the singer appears, to which he responds affirmatively.

"Does Mr. Tatanka appear in the video saying that the song was murdered?" "Yes, but he was responding to a contestant who was singing a Zeca Afonso song. I didn't remember the video anymore, so I rewatched it," he explains.

The lawyer insists that this expression was actually said by Tatanka, receiving another affirmative response from the singer. When asked if he had given authorization, he says "no." "No, [I found out] later," he responds.

"At the time, we were on a TV show, with so much going on. It was just one more thing," he adds, saying he did nothing when he found out he was in the production.

The judge calls Pedro Taborda, better known as Tatanka, into the room to give a “long-awaited” statement.

The judge begins by considering a "request for attachment of documents made in the last session" by Joana Marques' defense. "Attaching documents after a time limit does not serve to contradict witness testimony."

The request, which sought to understand whether views of the video in question had increased following the trial, was denied.

The judge has already arrived in the room, and the conditions are now in place to begin the fourth session of the trial between the duo Anjos and comedian Joana Marques.

Despite the court officials' warning, there are several people standing in the back of the room.

The seven rows of benches reserved for the public are already full before the proceedings begin, with some people standing. With three fans running and blinds closed, family, friends, journalists, and curious onlookers await the judge's arrival to begin the fourth session.

The Anjos' lawyer, Luciana Rosa Oliveira, at the courthouse entrance: "We will say what we have to say in court." The Anjos themselves said, "We trust in justice."

Joana Marques and the Angels are already in the courtroom of the Central Civil Court of Lisbon, where this session will take place. The comedian was the first to enter, accompanied by her husband, Daniel Leitão.

Sérgio and Nelson Rosado were not at the door of the room when the call began, but they have now also entered.

In addition to Joana Marques's scheduled testimony, Pedro Taborda, a musician from the band The Black Mamba better known by his stage name, Tatanka, is also expected to testify. The singer was reportedly summoned by the Angels in previous hearings, but only appeared in court today. In the video that brought Joana Marques to the dock, the musician appears as one of the Idols judges, whose evaluation of a performance on the show is interspersed with the Angels' rendition of the national anthem before the Portimão MotoGP on April 24, 2022.

“You entered a very delicate area there, which is murdering a song like this, and I had to tell you to stop,” says Tatanka in the excerpt chosen by Joana Marques for the supposed evaluation of the performance.

With the arrival of brothers Nelson and Sérgio Rosado at the court, today's trial session is expected to begin soon.

The comedian is expected to make a statement today, after hearing all the witnesses, as she had already announced in previous sessions.

Tatanka has now arrived at the Palace of Justice. The musician and producer is one of the witnesses called by the Rosado brothers to testify in court.

The case began with a joke shared on April 25, 2022, by comedian Joana Marques on her Instagram, in a video intended to satirize the interpretation that Sérgio and Nelson Rosado made of the national anthem before a MotoGP race in Portimão.

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After attempts to reach an agreement between the two parties failed (with the Angels demanding the removal of the video), the duo decided to sue the comedian and morning announcer on Renascença, alleging financial losses and reputational damage caused by the sharing of the images that they say were manipulated.

Less than an hour before the scheduled start of the session, there is still no sign of the Angels or Joana Marques at the Palace of Justice, where this fourth session of the trial will take place.

At the entrance to the Lisbon Central Civil Court, there are only a few journalists, piquing the curiosity of passersby. In the courthouse café, the proceedings dominate the conversation among staff and clients, who eagerly await the comedian's statements.

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We're opening this liveblog to follow the fourth session of the trial between the Rosado brothers, known as Anjos, and comedian Joana Marques, minute by minute.

After the musicians themselves had already spoken in court , elements linked to the company that manages the band and other comedians and public figures were also heard as witnesses for both sides.

In this session, Joana Marques is expected to give her version of what led to her trial: the publication on social media of an excerpt from a performance by the two brothers, in which the anthem was sung at a motorcycle race.