VIE 10 DE ENERO DE 2025 - 13:35hs.
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Labor Court of São Paulo authorizes official letter to betting sites to locate debtor's assets

The 4th Panel of the Regional Labor Court (TRT) of the 2nd Region overturned a ruling and authorized the sending of official letters to online betting sites to inform them about any debts owed by defendants and not to pay them in the event of labor debts. The reporting judge Paulo Sérgio Jakutis pointed out that free access to the Judiciary, provided for in the Federal Constitution, “is not limited to the right to file a lawsuit, but to obtain an effective judicial provision”.

In the ruling, the judge considered the responsibilities in seeking the necessary means to satisfy the labor credit. He said that it is up to the party to take steps and promote the acts to advance the case and “it is up to the judge to conduct the process, providing, in a swift manner, the effectiveness of the jurisdictional provision already confirmed by the res judicata.

For the judge, requiring the creditor to prove a change in the financial situation of the defendants in order to show evidence that there could be credits on betting sites “would be demanding what is called in case law ‘diabolical’ or impossible proof." He concluded by saying that the Labor Court is better prepared to obtain the necessary response to proceed with the execution.

Finally, the judge highlighted that 'Bets' (as the operators are called in Brazil) was regulated by Law 14.790/2023 precisely as a policy to combat money laundering and concealment of values. And he ordered that “the notified company, as a third party debtor of the defendant, is ordered not to make payment to the defendant”, if there are values and assets of the defendant that are under its custody.

Source: GMB