Doctor José Adriano Bispo Cavalcante, 38, was arrested last Sunday (8), suspected of raping and assaulting his girlfriend in Fortaleza. According to the victim, in an interview with g1, he threatened her with a knife, saying he would take out one of her eyes, and suffocated her until she passed out. The attacks took place in a residential condominium in the Aldeota neighborhood, in the upscale area of Fortaleza. He is in pre-trial detention.
By means of a note, Adriano Bispo's defense "categorically defends the innocence" of the doctor in relation to "all the imputations that have been attributed to him". "The reported facts do not correspond to reality and result from a hasty and incomplete interpretation of events, made before any regular investigation", he stated. Check out the full note at the end of the article.
The victim, who will not be identified, stated that Adriano abused medications such as diazepam and morphine. According to her, on weekends, he consumed larger doses of the substances, which made his behavior even more unstable.
She said that the two had been arguing since Friday (6). Despite this, they tried to make up and on Sunday (8) they even went to the gym together. In the afternoon, however, they would have argued again due to jealousy and other problems. Meanwhile, he took several doses of the medicine he had access to.
"And then the physical relations began, which lasted from around five o'clock in the afternoon until eight o'clock at night. So, it lasted more or less four hours. Between suffocating, blacking out, waking me up by breathing mouth to mouth, because I completely blacked out. So, he needed to wake me up," he told g1.
At one point, he allegedly sent messages to a man he thought the victim was talking to. "He sent a message to this guy, 'she killed herself and it was your fault'. In other words, he was probably going to kill me, he was going to say that I committed suicide. Then he said that he was going to kill himself too, that it was going to be a case of Romeo and Juliet", he stated.
The victim reported that, at one point, he took her to the bathroom, where he tried to force her to have oral sex and then introduce a bottle of antiseptic into her. He also allegedly made threats against her parents.
A doctor was arrested on suspicion of raping and assaulting his girlfriend in a residential condominium in Fortaleza. — Photo: Reproduction
At one point, he fell in the bathroom and felt severe pain due to a recent surgery. At this point, he allegedly ordered her to run away. The woman took the opportunity to flee the apartment and ask for help at the building's security guard, at which point the police were called.
Adriano Bispo presents himself on social media as a specialist in functional and integrative medicine. On the website of the Regional Council of Medicine of Ceará, the doctor's profile appears without a registered specialty. After the repercussion of the case in the press, the profile where the doctor accumulated thousands of followers was taken down.
According to g1 and TV Verdes Mares, he is already facing another lawsuit for bodily injury in the context of domestic violence, which was taken into consideration by the Court when analyzing his preventive detention.
Negotiation with BOPE
According to the Military Police, the agents were called by the doctor's girlfriend, who told the military that she had been attacked by her partner, who was armed with a knife and remained locked in the apartment.
When police arrived at the address, the man refused to leave the property. As a result, a team from the Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE) was called in to negotiate the surrender.
"After negotiations conducted by specialized police officers, the suspect surrendered at around 11:25 pm, without the need for a break-in or tactical entry into the property," said the Military Police.
After surrender, the doctor and the victim were taken to the Women's Defense Police Station (DDM) in Fortaleza. According to the court case, the victim "presented visible and recent bodily injuries to her arms, face, eye region, neck and abdomen", and she would undergo a forensic examination to confirm the extent of the attacks.
At the police station, Adriano Bispo was charged with the crimes of bodily harm and rape, in the context of domestic and family violence against women, involving physical and sexual violence. He underwent a custody hearing on Monday (9) and had his arrest converted into preventative arrest.
In analyzing the case, the court pointed out the aggressive and controlling behavior, the attacks, the victim's testimony and the "concrete risk of intimidation of the victim and her family, who are the natural witnesses of the process" if he were released.
The court also pointed out that he is already responding to another lawsuit for bodily injury in the context of domestic violence, a case that is being processed in the District of Sobral, which indicates repeat offending behavior.
What Adriano's defense says
Position of Adriano Bispo's defense, represented by lawyer Willian Rebouças, in full:
José Adriano Bispo Cavalcante's technical defense categorically affirms the innocence of his constituent regarding all the charges that have been attributed to him.
The reported facts do not correspond to reality and result from a hasty and incomplete interpretation of events, made before any regular investigation.
Mr. Adriano Bispo has always guided his personal and professional life by righteousness, ethics and strict compliance with the law.
Our client remains at the complete disposal of the competent authorities and will collaborate in clarifying the facts through legal means and at the appropriate procedural time, acting with total transparency.
The defense trusts that the regular investigation of the facts, observing the contradictory and broad defense, will clarify the truth and rule out the imputations.
Finally, the defense remembers that the Federal Constitution guarantees everyone the presumption of innocence (art. 5, LVII). Therefore, the press is asked to be cautious with unofficial information, in order to avoid premature judgments and undue exposure of the parties involved.
