celeb news T4F apologize over Swiftie's death; Police steps in

[Joyride]

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“Hello everyone, I am Serafim Abreu, the CEO of Time for Fun, I’ve decided to record this video to talk directly to the customers, fans and the general public about the issues that happened during Taylor Swift’s show in Rio de Janeiro
We know the enormous responsibility we have being the organizers of events like this one, of such this size, and that’s why we never have and never will cut resources or efforts to keep hosting these kind of events, applying the best practices in the world and in in this business to guarantee the comfort and safety of every atendee. Still, we encountered an extreme heatwave during the weekend with a high thermic sensation that was not foreseable.

Yes, we admit we could’ve taken better and additional measures, in addition to all the ones we already had in place, like, for example, finding ways to avoid the fan's exposure to the sun, change the show’s start time and allow people to come inside the venue with water bottles.

We know we are experiencing new challenges due to climate change, with these kind of problems being more and more frequent. We also acknowledge the fact that the entire industry has to take new measures during this new reality. Regardless, I would like to apologize to every fan that didn’t have a good experience at the show.

 

Bringing you quality shows will always be our compromise, we also apologize for the lateness of this statement, but we were focused on implementing these new changes to avoid future issues.

 

Sadly, for the first time in over 40 years, we’ve experienced the death of a fan during one of the shows organized by Time for Fun, we are absolutely devastated and sad over the passing of Ana Clara, a fan who was quickly assisted by our medical team, exhausting all of our resources both at the event and at the hospital.

 

To Ana’s family, our most sincere condolences. I make this public statement to show our support to the family in any way needed; as we’ve already reached out to them. We will also be assisting them with the help of a lawyer that will represent them in future instances. We’ve contacted them via phone calls and written letters. We understand the damage we've done is irreparable and respect the family’s privacy during these times. And again, we are offering our full support in any way needed. For the fans assisting the upcoming shows in São Paulo, we are working to provide you with an incredible show, we will be providing extra security and allowing people to bring their water bottles inside the venue. All new measures will be posted on our site and will be publicly available.”

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz_RJ9ouk0i

 

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Police in Brazil have reportedly opened a probe into the organizers of last Friday’s oppressively hot Taylor Swift concert that left one fan dead and the pop star gasping for air.

A rep for Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police Department said they launched an investigation into Time4Fun, the company that arranged the event at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos on November 17, according to NBC News.

https://www.tmz.com/2023/11/23/taylor-swift-concert-police-investigation-fan-dies-heat-rio-brazil/?adid=social-tw

[latingrl2005]

Everyone is busy blaming Taylor.....

[Beyonnaise]

It’s not the popular or easy thing to do on social media but I think Taylor is playing her cards right. I mean think about it, it would be much better PR for her to make grand gestures toward the family and send a lot of money to them, than what’s happening right now. But anything she says or does in relation to the death will be used against her by T4F in court (who are truly to blame as the event organizers and hosts who didn’t allow water during a heatwave).

[Carry My Heart]

12 minutes ago, latingrl2005 said:

Everyone is busy blaming Taylor.....

When she's most likely been advised against speaking out and/or donating. Her paying for Ana's burial and funeral arrangements could be perceived as accepting responsibility per Brazilian legislature, thus implicating her unfairly (according to various lawyers - this isn't my opinion). Imagine the optics of billionaire Taylor Swift reaching out to the family and not offering financial assistance... better not to reach out at all.

Edited November 23, 2023 by Carry My Heart

[KingWitch]

Ms Swiftie is cracking that whip, probably said release this statement or else I cancel everything

 

Can't hear what he's saying but did he say anything about offering financial assistance to the family of the girl who died ?

Edited November 23, 2023 by KingWitch

[liquiddiamonds]

12 minutes ago, Beyonnaise said:

It’s not the popular or easy thing to do on social media but I think Taylor is playing her cards right. I mean think about it, it would be much better PR for her to make grand gestures toward the family and send a lot of money to them, than what’s happening right now. But anything she says or does in relation to the death will be used against her by T4F in court (who are truly to blame as the event organizers and hosts who didn’t allow water during a heatwave).

Did you even watch the video or know portuguese? They’re not blaming her. They took responsibility, tried to pay off as good guys that tried to implement the changes as fast as they could, and blamed on the heatwave. They will probably settle the damages and justify on the heatwave for authorities.
 

Taylor herself was not mentioned at any point as a decision-maker by them.

 

They also have offered condolences and support for the family. A tad late, but appreciated and I hope the investigation condemns them to fines and better policies and international artists stop coming through them 

[CBC]

Seemed like a fair and honest statement to me. I hope they are indeed in contact with the family and paying for damages even if they will never bring Ana back. May she rest in peace 

[Cruel Summer]

While I hope that T4F steps in to cover every monetary cost to the family, I would also like the police investigation to proceed and for T4F to be held legally liable. If what we’ve read about the conditions at that stadium is true, they created a dangerous environment for everyone at that concert and even blocked emergency exits. Their unconscionable handling of the organization of these events cannot be allowed to pass without consequence when they contributed to a needless death.

 

6 minutes ago, KingWitch said:

Can't hear what he's saying but did he say anything about offering financial assistance to the family of the girl who died ?

From what I’m reading elsewhere, he said this at one point:

 

“To Ana Clara’s family, I want to express our most sincere condolences and publicly express our willingness to provide assistance in whatever is necessary.”

 

I would argue that they shouldn’t just “express willingness,” but directly reach out and attempt pay for the funeral and other costs immediately.

[Raphy23]

They are disgusting, money hungry, corrupt rats! 

[liquiddiamonds]

1 minute ago, Cruel Summer said:

I would argue that they shouldn’t just “express willingness,” but directly reach out and attempt pay for the funeral and other costs immediately.

Hopefully the family will shine a light if there’s truth that they are in touch with them and their lawyers just like he said it on video 

[Joyride]

I've updated the post with my very own translation.

[AMIT]

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we will be providing extra security and allowing people to bring their water bottles

Oh so now they will be ''allowing'' water bottles inside their shows? Everyone in the company's board including CEO and shareholders should be held accountable for this poor girl's death, but we know they won't be. This is what happens when you put profits above human lives. Disgusting and revolting. 

[Mariya Takeuchi]

I find the line about the fans condition exhausting their resources disrespectful and I'm saying zilch about that climate change bs

[More Than A Melody]

 

That's all I'm gonna say about that statement. I hope Ana rests in peace and her family is given all the resources they need and more.

[Joyride]

Police have finally stepped in

[BtDecember]

But of course Taylor Swift was the one being villainized and called a “murderer,” and ATRL will respond to me with “no one called her that!!!1!1!1” 

 

Thankfully they are taking responsibility tho.

[brazil]

"finding ways to avoid the exposure to the sun, change the show’s start time and allow people to come inside the venue with water bottles."

 

They only started doing that in the day after the death though.

[Rep2000]

2 hours ago, AMIT said:

Oh so now they will be ''allowing'' water bottles inside their shows? Everyone in the company's board including CEO and shareholders should be held accountable for this poor girl's death, but we know they won't be. This is what happens when you put profits above human lives. Disgusting and revolting. 

This is after politicians start to pressure with legislation as well. T4F ain't slick.

[Joyride]

I don't speak Portuguese but I believe this translation I did is as true to words as it gets, if not y'all can drag me

[Raphy23]

3 hours ago, AMIT said:

Oh so now they will be ''allowing'' water bottles inside their shows? Everyone in the company's board including CEO and shareholders should be held accountable for this poor girl's death, but we know they won't be. This is what happens when you put profits above human lives. Disgusting and revolting. 

Right! But when there was a massive heatwave they couldn’t make an exception for free water?! 

[Shimenawa]

They better go to jail penniless! 

[Into The Void]

Why is the threads blaming Taylor getting 10 pages and this has 20 replies

[latingrl2005]

24 minutes ago, Insanity said:

Why is the threads blaming Taylor getting 10 pages and this has 20 replies

It doesn't fit the narrative...

[BtDecember]

52 minutes ago, latingrl2005 said:

It doesn't fit the narrative...

We should tag those users here

 

plus we need to keep this thread afloat 

[réveuse]

1 hour ago, Insanity said:

Why is the threads blaming Taylor getting 10 pages and this has 20 replies

Because it's literally Taylor's fault??? She literally ignored a fan dying.