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Three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet was ordered to pay a fine of nearly $1 million in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments aimed at Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

“The Substitute Judge of the 20th Civil Court of Brasilia sentenced former Formula 1 driver Nelson Piquet Souto Maior to pay R$ 5 million in compensation for collective moral damages, to be allocated to funds for the promotion of racial equality and discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community, due to the offenses made against current Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton,” the court statement said.

” The statement, however, reinforced that Piquet’s actions “affect not only the individual rights of the victim, but the values of the entire community, and of the black population and the LGBTQIA+ community in particular.” Formula One, Mercedes and the FIA, motorsport’s global governing body, all condemned Piquet at the time, and Piquet apologized for the racial slur and said his comments had no racist intent.

 

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I thought it was still ok to speak freely and people are free to disagree with that speech.

Next step, relocate the Brazilian court to Spain and then to others discriminatory and racists countries in Europe

Ridiculous Hamilton us anti white does he pay ?

Never a Piquet fan, funny his daughter partners up with F1 drivers as well as the current on being Hamilton’s nemesis. PS, Mansel was better than him too.

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Can see why Brazil accepts Lewis more than piquet

SUE THE CONSTITUTION

Good, hate can cost a person a lot. Hopefully, he learned his lesson.

Awfulness has no colour, race, nor class.

People have to learn to be kind. Be nice to other people.

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CNN is drooling at the idea of a court imposing $1MM fines for “moral damages.”

What the hell is wrong with people they just need to shut up!

Good

Free speech is expensive.

'Moral damages' ?

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Yes yes yes 🙂👌🏾 it's Ironic that he is Brasilian and Lewis Hamiltons Icon the wonderful Legend (Ayrton Senna) is also Brasilian as well as most of his great Fans 🙂 you Racists will Always be the Minority.

Disgusting affront to basic human rights. The man has a right to say whatever the f he wants.

Thank you. This will make my life better in no many ways.

For free speech? What kind of communist kangaroo court dictatorship handed this corrupt ruling down?

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