The Brazilian Olympic Committee said it had filed a complaint against volleyball player Wallace de Souza after the former Olympic champion wrote a post on social media that appeared to back violence against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
An Instagram follower of the athlete asked him on the social media platform if he would "shoot Lula in the face with a 12 ."
The player known as Wallace, who is a longtime supporter of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, responded with a poll asking his followers if they would go through with it. He later deleted the post and uploaded a video apologizing, saying he would never suggest violence or hatred towards anyone and calling the post a mistake.
As well as the complaint filed to its independent ethics council by the Brazilian Olympic Committee, which called the post "unacceptable," his club, Sada Cruzeiro, said it had suspended Wallace for "an indefinite period of time" and demanded a full retraction and apology.
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