Gilmar Mendes says votes against sugar mill payouts angered Banco Master owner
Supreme Court justice confirms 2024 meeting with Daniel Vorcaro but says he ruled against the bank's interests in cases worth up to 145 billion reais.
KEY POINTS
- Gilmar Mendes met Daniel Vorcaro on April 11, 2024, to discuss sugar mill indemnity cases.
- Mendes voted against payouts in multiple cases, opposing Banco Master's financial interests.
- The Union faces a potential 145 billion reais liability if the mills win, per AGU estimates.
- Vorcaro privately complained that Mendes was blocking his precatórios investments.
- Mendes's office says Feitosa is an ex-brother-in-law and the justice knew nothing of their dealings.
Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes confirmed on Friday that he met with Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro on April 11, 2024, to discuss a case involving sugar and ethanol mill indemnities. The meeting was arranged by former senator Francisco "Chiquinho" Feitosa, who was then married to Mendes's sister.
Mendes said the encounter addressed the Destilaria Alcídia case (ARE 1.327.995), then under Justice Edson Fachin's rapporteurship. He stated he voted against the payout in that case and in others involving Raízen and Jalles Machado, contrary to Vorcaro's interests.
“My position bothered the Banco Master owner. Reportagem do Globo de ontem revelou que, em mensagem enviada ao seu advogado em março de 2024, Daniel Vorcaro escreveu: 'Gilmar está contra mim num caso que estao usando pra ferrar todos meus precatórios'”
The bank had purchased precatórios — court-ordered government debts — linked to the lawsuits. If the mills prevail, the Union could face a liability estimated at 145 billion reais by the Attorney General's Office.
Mendes posted on X that his opposition to the payments "bothered the Banco Master owner," citing a March 2024 message in which Vorcaro wrote that Mendes was "against me in a case they're using to screw all my precatórios."
The justice's office clarified that Feitosa is a former brother-in-law and that Mendes was unaware of any dealings between Feitosa and Vorcaro. Major newspapers had highlighted the family connection in their coverage.
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