Neymar made artificial lake outside mansion in Rio de Janeiro, fined over Rs 27 crore

Sao Paulo: Brazilian football star Neymar was fined more than $3.3 million (Rs 27.1 crore) for violating local environmental regulations during renovations at his mansion in the town of Mangaratiba outside Rio de Janeiro. Mangratiba City Hall said in a statement on Monday night that it had issued four fines totaling about 16 million Brazilian reals after Neymar was accused of illegally building an artificial lake at his mansion.

“One of the dozens of violations observed on the player’s property is the initiation of unauthorized construction that requires environmental controls; encroaching on the course of a river and diverting it without permission; moving rock and sand; Felling of vegetation without permission and non-compliance of the ban,” the statement said.

A City Hall document obtained by The Associated Press states that the latter allegation relates to Neymar’s decision to swim in the artificial lake, despite the fact that local officials forbade him from the area due to environmental consequences. It added, “Because of that, the athlete was fined again.”

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“The footballer was at the mansion on Friday and entered the lake, ignoring a ban order made by the (Environment) Secretariat and the local police that had appeared there the day before,” the document said.

Neymar has been fined almost $3.5 million after Brazilian authorities said the football star’s luxury seaside mansion in southeastern Brazil breached rules in ‘building an artificial lake’. pic.twitter.com/T5rdztMMER– Reuters (@Reuters) 5 July 2023

Brazilian media reported on Friday that PSG star Neymar had thrown a party that day to celebrate the completion of the artificial lake. A spokeswoman for Neymar, 31, declined to comment on the issue after a request by news agency AP. The Paris Saint-Germain striker is expected to appeal against the decision, before being handed over to the police for possible prosecution.

Genesis Ecosistemas, the company that built the artificial lake, celebrated 10 days of work on its social media channels. It states that the lake is 1,000 square meters (10,764 sq ft). A 46-page City Hall document reveals Neymar received the maximum fine for all the breaches he is accused of.

It was signed by the city’s attorney-general and also stated that the footballer’s father, Neymar da Silva Santos, had verbally abused local officials last week when they stopped construction work on the mansion. I had come

Mangaratiba City Hall said the illegal construction works cost Neymar approximately 120,000 Brazilian reals ($25,000).