Former player Bebeto faces auction due to condominium debts

The apartment located in Barra da Tijuca, West Zone of Rio do Janeiro, belongs to former player Bebeto, known for being four-time world champion with the Brazilian team in 1994. The property, which he shares with his wife Denise de Andrade Gama de Oliveira, will be auctioned on April 1st, due to debts owed to the Santa Mônica Special Building condominium with an opening bid of 1.6 million reais.

Drowned in debt

Jonas Rymer is the public auctioneer responsible for the case of unit 601 of block III of the condominium. However, the couple also owns unit 602, which also accumulates a large debt. The money raised at the auction will be used to pay off the debt for the second unit. If apartment 601 is not sold on the 1st, the unit will be offered again on April 4th, starting at half the property's appraisal value.

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_{Bebeto at the World Cup in 1994 (reproduction/ Getty Image Embed)}

Lawyer Rafael Giro, representative of Santa Mônica Special, assured that clients are satisfied, highlighting that, despite the time that has elapsed, the value of the shares will be recovered.

The saga of notifications

In 2020, Denise, Bebeto's wife, explained that the debts arose due to poor management by someone in charge of payments. She said: “We had someone to sort everything out while we were traveling. We discovered they weren't paying, so we negotiated and split the debts. It was never bad faith.” Furthermore, she also stated that they would never purposely put Bebeto's assets at risk.

The couple has already received four notifications for problems involving payment of condominiums, two of them referring to active debt actions filed by the City of Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro. In the other two notifications, the buildings involved were the Marina Barrabela, whose debt was settled, and the Santa Mônica Condominium Club, where an agreement was reached to resolve a debt of more than 78 thousand reais.

Featured Photo: Bebeto watching the Brazil x South Africa game in the 2012 FIFA Friendly (reproduction Getty Image Embed)