- Brazilian influencer Bruna Tsuchiya was beaten by her father in the family hotel
- Reinaldo Tsuchiya told police she grabbed a machete first before he grabbed his gun.
A Brazilian influencer was almost killed by her father after she was hit with a machete.
Bruna Tsuchiya suffered cuts and bruises on her back, arms and legs after Reinaldo Tsuchiya, 54, ran over her at the family hotel following an argument over a car repair debt and child support payments for her two younger brothers on last Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Pará. Civil Police.
The 33-year-old woman, a dentist with more than 106,000 followers on Instagram, told investigators that Reinaldo took a machete from his office and chased her before she locked herself in one of the hotel rooms.
Bruna called her mother for help before her father broke down the door and burst into the room, where he attacked her with stones.
She managed to flee the room and ran to the garage, where she fell and was then dragged by her hair and hit with the machete.
Bruna Tsuchiya revealed on social media that her father, Reinaldo Tsuchiya, attacked her with a machete in the hotel he co-owns with his mother, from whom he is separated, last Wednesday in Pará, Brazil.
Bruna Tsuchiya photographed with her father Reinaldo Tsuchiya in September 2015. Reinaldo now faces a charge of attempted femicide after he attacked her with a machete.
Bruna Tsuchiya suffered cuts and bruises after her father, Reinaldo Tsuchiya, hit her with a machete at their family hotel last Wednesday.
The police arrived at the scene and arrested Reinaldo.
Bruna was rushed to a local urgent care center, where she received stitches in her hands.
“I experienced a nightmare, the feeling that my life would end there suddenly,” Bruna said in an Instagram Story post.
“I was sure it would be my last day, a father killing his own son,” she added.
‘How could a father have the courage to do something like that? Is there any justification?
Brazilian dentist and influencer Bruna Tsuchiya revealed on Instagram the injuries she suffered
Bruna Tsuchiya revealed on Instagram that she “experienced a nightmare, the feeling that my life would suddenly end there” when her father attacked her with a machete.
Bruna Tsuchiya needs medical assistance to treat cuts and bruises on her back, arms and legs. She also received stitches in her hands.
Reinaldo Tsuchiya was arrested at the hotel he owns with his ex-wife after hitting his 32-year-old daughter with a machete. He told police that he and her daughter had argued after she refused to pay $180 for parts to repair her vehicle and that she grabbed a machete before he took the gun from her. He faces a charge of femicide
Reinaldo, who faces a charge of femicide, told police that his daughter came to visit him to recover hotel profits owed to her mother, who co-owns the property with him.
He alleged they argued after she refused to pay $180 to cover the parts she needed to repair her vehicle.
He claimed that Bruna grabbed the machete from him and that he responded by taking a gun from her before she became angry.
Police records obtained by Brazilian news outlet G1 showed that Bruna’s mother obtained a protective order in November 2023 after accusing Reinaldo of domestic violence.
Although Reinaldo was remanded in custody, Bruna was granted a restraining order prohibiting him from approaching her during a custody hearing on Friday.
You are not allowed to be within 328 feet of her and you cannot be in the same place as her. He is also prohibited from contacting her by phone or email.
