{"id":271913,"date":"2025-11-19T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/271913\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:14:09","slug":"former-premier-league-star-arrested-at-barbecue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/271913\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Premier League star arrested at barbecue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Manchester City striker Jo has been detained in Brazil after authorities executed a court order connected to outstanding child support payments.<\/p>\n

Police confirmed that the former Brazil international, whose full name is Joao Alves de Assis Silva, was taken into custody on 18 November in Rio de Janeiro. <\/p>\n

Officers located the 37-year-old while he was attending a barbecue at a street food kiosk in the coastal district of Barra da Tijuca.<\/p>\n

The arrest relates to a debt linked to child maintenance, with court documents stating that Jo had repeatedly failed to meet payments set by a family court. <\/p>\n

The sum owed is listed as 220,744.57 Brazilian reals, which is around the region of \u00a331,500.<\/p>\n

His case was triggered by a warrant first filed in the Brazilian state of Bahia, and authorities say the order remained active despite attempts by Jo\u2019s legal team to challenge the ruling.<\/p>\n

Once detained, the former forward was taken to a nearby police station for processing. <\/p>\n

\"FiveFive facts about the Premier League | PA\/GETTY\/REUTERS\/GBNEWS\"Jo\"\/<\/p>\n

Jo scored just six goals for Manchester City during his time at the Etihad Stadium<\/p>\n

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Local reporters in Rio have claimed that this is not the first time the former footballer has been detained in relation to financial disputes involving child maintenance. <\/p>\n

Previous incidents, including an arrest last year following a stop on his team\u2019s bus, have drawn widespread attention in the Brazilian media.<\/p>\n

The case concerns a child born following Jo\u2019s relationship with social media influencer Maiara Quiderolly. <\/p>\n

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Former Man City striker Jo has eight children<\/p>\n

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The two share parental responsibilities, and the dispute centres on payments linked to their son, Joao Gabriel. Reports in Brazil say that the pair\u2019s relationship ended after she became pregnant.<\/p>\n

Jo had been married at the time, a matter that has been widely discussed by celebrity and sports outlets in the country.<\/p>\n

As with all legal disputes involving minors, details surrounding the order are being handled through family court procedures, and local outlets have stressed that elements of the case remain legally sensitive.<\/p>\n

Shortly after this current arrest, Jo\u2019s lawyer, Artur Eug\u00eanio Matias, spoke to reporters to insist that steps were being taken to resolve the matter.<\/p>\n

He suggested that the debt had already been paid, stating: \u201cThere was an arrest warrant issued in a city in the state of Bahia, for a reasonably small debt.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the lawyer handling the case, the debt has been paid. <\/p>\n

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Jo also spent time at Everton<\/p>\n

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\u201cTomorrow this debt, without any doubt, will be paid, and we hope that he will be released.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials have not yet confirmed whether the sum has been settled in full.<\/p>\n

The former striker, who last played for fourth-tier Brazilian club Itabirito, has had a career that spanned some of the world\u2019s most prominent football leagues. <\/p>\n

He first rose to international recognition during spells at Corinthians and CSKA Moscow, leading to a move to Manchester City in 2008.<\/p>\n

During two Premier League seasons, he played for both City and Everton, and returned to South America for a highly successful period at Atl\u00e9tico Mineiro.<\/p>\n

He earned 20 caps for Brazil, scoring five times, and was selected for the 2014 World Cup, appearing in the squad that endured a historic 7-1 defeat to Germany in the semi-final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Manchester City striker Jo has been detained in Brazil after authorities executed a court order connected to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,217,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-271913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}