A 29-year-old Argentine lawyer is facing legal consequences after making a racist gesture toward bar employees.
Agostina Páez was seen in a video recorded at a bar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in January mimicking a monkey and making monkey-like sounds as she left the establishment following an alleged confrontation with staff.
After the clip went viral on social media, Páez was arrested and charged with injúria racial (“racial defamation”), a crime that carries prison sentences of up to 15 years.
