STATEMENT: Botafogo Supporters

Supplement to Update of July 23, 2026

Selection of Messages from April 28, 2026

(Names removed out of respect for Personal Privacy)

SAF External Lawyer 1: “👏👏👏👏👏”

SAF External Lawyer 2: “👏”

Textor: “This sounds like good news…Can someone give me a quick summary…?”

SAF External Lawyer 1: “The judge granted urgent relief in favor of SAF Botafogo, focusing on stabilizing the company amid a severe financial and governance crisis. Key points: Eagle’s voting rights fully suspended (including any representatives), removing its control over corporate decisions. Durcesio Mello appointed as interim manager, with authority to run the company and call a shareholders’ meeting within 10 days.”

Textor: “Fabulous! Great work goys…Magicians!”

Collective Messages calling for Publicity with Draft of Public Notice from SAF Botafogo

SAF Internal Lawyer: “Excelente”

SAF External Lawyer 2: “Perfeito”

SAF External Lawyer 1: “Beleza”

SAF External Lawyer 2: “Congratulations to everyone! Especially to you, John, for the courage to make the right decisions. We managed to reverse a critical, extremely challenging situation. There are still some risks. We will remain vigilant. But it is very unlikely that this decision will be overturned, especially since the assigned rapporteur is in our favor”

Textor: “It’s really great news… So now we need to focus on extreme alignment with a social club. I sent over to [SAF Internal Lawyer] an incredibly aggressive and generous re-launch of our relationship with a social club… SAF/social 2.0… Increasing transparency, giving them a financial participation in some of the potential windfalls of litigation, creating a new football committee, which will give them the fun of being close to some of our football decisions… Increasing their ownership from 10% to 20%, but selling the additional 10% into a public offering to bring $20 million or more into the social club… a lot of great ideas, to get completely reconnected with them… We grew too distant over the last few years and this is a chance to do the SAF/Social deal all over again… With lessons learned… and friendships reestablished.”

SAF External Lawyer 2: “Perfect! Wonderful! I'm available to help if needed. We just need to carefully assess the timing of calling a possible shareholders' meeting. Arbitration is still an option for our opponents. There are still some legal risks. We can't act hastily.”

Textor: “Still a big risk is that the social club is the only shareholder… J.P. and Durcesio are perfectly collaborative with me… I just worry about the Montenegro pressure”

SAF External Lawyer 2: “Yes! It's an undeniable risk. But if you offer a better deal, I think they won't be able to refuse.”

Well, maybe we should not have felt so comfortable, as it was only a day later that JP’s betrayal of our good work was revealed…

Selection of Messages from April 29, 2026

Textor to JP: “Journalist on a plane, sitting near you claims that you spoke into the telephone…“… he owns Cirque du Soleil, it’s a done deal. Everything is ready.” Can you please let me know what is going on J.P.?

Textor to Group Chat with Lawyers: “The message above was just sent to JP. A journalist that I know very well, heard him say this in the phone, this morning. GDA Luma owns Cirque du Soleil.”

SAF External Lawyer 2: “John, without the shareholders' meeting the deal can't be closed, unless Eagle signs, which I think is unlikely. In my opinion, it would be a big risk for the association to have taken. And while this meeting hasn't happened, I think the negotiation is open. But it is indeed possible, and everything indicates that they are in advanced talks with GDA.”

JP responds to Textor: JP sends two screen shots to Textor, to assure Textor that there is no deal with GDA happening, something he would also explain often in telephone conversations.

The first is a screenshot with Kia Joorchaboan’s lawyer, revealing JP’s pretend of excitement for Kia/Marinakis, “Vamos trazer o KIA! Ta na hora.”, or “Let’s bring the KIA. It’s time.”
The second is a screenshot of a conversation with SAF Extremal Lawyer 1, scheduling a dinner to discuss the GDA Luma loan investment, translated to say “This Luma thing — would we need to challenge it jointly, or should I do it alone? Straight to disqualifying the loan? And to make it go away…"

JP confirms the Portuguese language screenshots too say, “My text to [SAF External Lawyer 1]. Schedule diner tomorrow night. With all the lawyers. So we can fight back the Luma paper that he did today.”

Very typical of JP, unfortunately, assuring all of us that there would be no deal with GDA, often saying “John, stop worrying about GDA. There will be no deal with GDA. Just bring Kia an Marinakis” – while at the same time sitting on a public plane, on the same day, overheard to say, “He owns Cirque du Soleil., It’s a done deal.”

Also, such duplicity and treachery to be confirmed only a day later (May 1, 2026) by another leading journalist, who receives a text message from JP’s partner Montenegro, saying “There’s no possibility for John to continue, not even with 0.5%”, attaching to his text message an AI-generated video of Textor, walking like prostitute on Copacabana, with caption “Have no money? Figure it out”

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Indeed, I have found myself in the Twilight Zone.

The fundamental message, that I taught to Botafoguenses, is that Championships are made of Love.

There has never been a great champion, in any major sport, that has achieved such success from division and hatred. So, how will the relegation King of Botafogo, if allowed to turn back the clock, ever bring a championship to Botafogo again?