Nearly a month after the viral incident sparked a wave of backlash against Roan<\/a>, 28, soccer star Jorginho Frello issued a statement Monday to clear up the situation, which occurred during Lollapalooza weekend in Brazil. <\/p>\n \u201cI would like to give an update on what happened during Lolla weekend, as we have been seeing and hearing a lot over the past few weeks and felt it was important to clarify everything now that new information has come to light,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cI made my initial statement in the heat of the moment, after hearing that my child and wife had been approached by an adult male security guard in an intimidating way. I reacted as any father would. My priority is, and always will be, protecting my family, and that is exactly what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n Frello went on to say that the situation did happen as he originally described it, but \u201cAt the time, we acted on the information that was available to us.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSince then, I have become aware of new information that has changed my understanding of parts of what happened,\u201d he said, noting that Roan made a statement, reached out privately to Frello\u2019s wife Catherine<\/a> and that their teams spoke.<\/p>\n \u201cIt became clear that she had no knowledge of what took place at breakfast and had not asked anyone to approach them,\u201d Frello said. \u201cShe was understanding and sympathetic to what had happened to our child.\u201d<\/p>\n He acknowledged that the security guard later confirmed<\/a> that he was representing another artist at the hotel at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile we still do not know what prompted him to approach them, and do not believe an 11-year-old at breakfast could reasonably be seen as any kind of security threat, it is now clear that he was not acting on behalf of Chappell,\u201d Frello said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was, ultimately, a misunderstanding in that respect, and I am glad to set the record straight. It\u2019s important to me that this is clarified fairly and accurately. I regret the impact this situation has had on Chappell Roan, Catherine, Ada, and our family.<\/p>\n \u201cI will always stand up for my family. But I also know how to recognize when things were not quite what they seemed at first.\u201d<\/p>\n He thanked people for their support and said that he does not condone hate speech before concluding: \u201cAs far as I am concerned, this matter is closed.\u201d<\/p>\n Last month, after Roan performed at the music festival in Brazil, Frello posted on Instagram that his stepdaughter \u2014 who is Jude Law\u2019s biological daughter \u2014 saw the superstar having breakfast at their hotel but did not approach her. <\/p>\n \u201cShe just passed by the singer\u2019s table, looked over to confirm it was her, smiled, and went back to the table with her mom,\u201d Frello wrote at the time. \u201cShe didn\u2019t say anything, didn\u2019t ask for anything.\u201d<\/p>\n He then alleged that a member of Roan\u2019s security team confronted the child, accused her of harassment and threatened to file a complaint against her. \u201cMy daughter got super scared and cried a lot,\u201d Frello wrote.<\/p>\n His statement prompted backlash against the singer, which led Roan to issue a statement via Instagram video in which she insisted she was unaware of the incident.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just gonna tell my half of the story of what happened today with a mother and child who were involved with a security guard who is not my personal security,\u201d she said in the video. \u201cI didn\u2019t even see. I didn\u2019t even see a woman and a child. Like, I did not. No one came up to me. No one bothered me.\u201d<\/p>\n She added, \u201cI did not ask the security guard to go up and talk to this mother and child. I did not. They did not come up to me. They weren\u2019t doing anything. It\u2019s unfair for security to just assume someone doesn\u2019t have good intentions when they have no reason to believe because there\u2019s no action even taken.\u201d<\/p>\n Roan\u2019s statement did little to stop the online negativity against her, which new research later proved was fueled by generative bots<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Jorginho](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jorginho-Frello-issued-a-statement-about-the-incident-with-Chappell-Roan-nearly-a-month-after-it-wen.png\")
Jorginho Frello issued a statement about the incident with Chappell Roan nearly a month after it went viral (Instagram)![\"Chappell](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chappell-Roan.jpeg\")
Chappell Roan has been cleared from blame in last month\u2019s security incident that left Jude Law’s 11-year-old daughter in tears (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n![\"Jorginho](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2199172325.jpg\")
Jorginho Frello and his wife Catherine Harding (Getty)<\/p>\n![\"Chappell](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ScreenShot-Tool-20260322092300.png\")
Chappell Roan addressed claims that her security guard made Jude Law’s daughter cry in an Instagram video (Instagram)<\/p>\n