Marco Buzzi, STJ minister removed due to harassment, continues to receive R$100,000 Witnesses for the prosecution and defense will begin to be heard from 9 am this Thursday (11) as part of the administrative disciplinary process that investigates the conduct of Minister Marco Buzzi, of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ). He is suspected of sexually harassing two women. One of them is a young woman, daughter of a couple of Buzzi's friends, who reported having been touched by the minister in the sea, on a beach in Santa Catarina, in January this year. She filed a police report at the time. The other is a former outsourced employee of Buzzi's office who narrated situations in which the magistrate would have touched her buttocks, held her arms and made inappropriate comments, between 2023 and 2025. Among the witnesses for the prosecution will be the parents of the young woman who made the first complaint, who were vacationing at Buzzi's beach house, and employees from his office. In April, Andréia Sadi's blog revealed videos of statements from cabinet employees who said that the former outsourced employee complained about the minister's day-to-day conduct at work. Among the witnesses called by the defense — 16 in total — are people who were on the beach near the place where the first young woman said she was harassed. In the previous defense, Buzzi's lawyers, who deny the occurrence of crimes, had already presented written statements from people who were on the beach. The process The administrative disciplinary process (PAD) was opened in April, by unanimous decision of the STJ plenary. At the time, members of the court also decided to keep Buzzi out of office. He has been away from his duties since February this year, when a preliminary investigation was carried out which pointed to the need to open disciplinary proceedings. This Thursday's hearing (10) will be hybrid, with part of the testimony in person at the STJ and part via videoconference. The witnesses will be heard by the commission responsible for instructing the PAD, formed by ministers Luis Felipe Salomão — who presides over the work —, Benedito Gonçalves and Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva. They were chosen by lot. The final report of this commission, which may propose punishments for Buzzi, must be voted on in the STJ plenary. There is no date for this vote. A possible punishment could lead to the minister's compulsory retirement. In parallel to the process at the STJ, Buzzi is the target of a procedure at the National Council of Justice (CNJ) and a criminal investigation at the Federal Supreme Court (STF), under the report of minister Kassio Nunes Marques. The investigation at the Supreme Court was opened at the request of the Attorney General's Office to investigate the possible commission of the crime of sexual harassment. STJ Minister Marco Buzzi Luiz Silveira/CNJ Agency