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1 of 5 Gabriel Costa, 17 years old, Gal’s only son, during the singer’s wake — Photo: Luiz Franco/g1 Gabriel Costa, 17 years old, Gal’s only son, during the singer’s wake — Photo: Luiz Franco/ g1
Gabriel Costa, son of Gal Costaasked the Court of São Paulo authorization for the mother’s body to be exhumed and undergo an autopsy. The only heir questions the information on the death certificate and now wants a judicial examination to determine the cause of the singer’s death.
According to the document, Gal died at the age of 77, in November 2022, as a result of an acute myocardial infarction. The certificate also describes a malignant neoplasm as the cause of death. [câncer] of head and neck.
Gabriel says that, the day before her death, his mother was apparently in good health:
“The situation is so mysterious that the applicant, the only son and heir of the deceased [substitui o nome do falecido], he wonders how his mother died, who seemed to be well, experiencing everyday life in her home, and then suddenly died, with no witnesses to describe how and why the death occurred. No explanations”, pointed out the defense.
Gabriel’s lawyer claims that, in fact, Gal had a “natural death from an unknown cause”, and not an acute myocardial infarction. According to him, at the time of death, there was no doctor who could attest to the true reason for death.
A The petition also states that Wilma Petrillo, Gal’s widow and Gabriel’s godmother, received SAMU at the scene of death and prohibited “any autopsy that would provide further information and immediately determining burial in a private tomb, with restricted access”.
“The issue distresses both Gal’s son and the singer’s close friends, who, since her death, have been making demands to investigate the cause of death.”
O g1 contacted Wilma’s defense, but did not receive a response until the last publication of this report.
I wish to be buried in Rio de Janeiro
The son also requests that his mother’s body be transferred from the Cemetery of the Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in the central region of the city of São Paulo, to the São João Batista Cemetery, in Rio de Janeiro.
According to the request, Gal expressed an “unequivocal desire” to be buried in the capital of Rio de Janeiro.
“It is not fair, nor legal, for her to be segregated among people outside her family, and in the distant future (hopefully), the applicant, with her mother and maternal grandmother (Mariah Costa Penna) at Cemitério São João Batista, in the City of Rio de Janeiro”, says the document.
“In the Cemetery chosen by her, as a manifestation of her last will, there are the mortal remains of all, or perhaps almost all, of the greatest names who represented the musical culture of the Brazilian Nation and who lived for a large part of their lives in Rio de Janeiro, namely: Ademilde Fonseca, Waldir Azevedo, Anísio Silva, Carmem Miranda, Braguinha, Cazuza, Ari Barroso, Francisco Alvez, and others of equal magnitude”.
Son says he was coerced by Wilma Petrillo
2 of 5 Gabriel, son of Gal Costa — Photo: Reproduction Gabriel, son of Gal Costa — Photo: Reproduction
Gabriel also went to court to request the nullity of a document signed by himself in which he said that Wilma Petrillo, the singer’s widow, lived with Gal as if they were married. In the demonstration, which he is now questioning, Gabriel also said that he considered Wilma as his mother.
The declaration was decisive for the Judiciary to recognize that Wilma was in a stable union with Gal, which also placed her in the position of heir. (read more below)
However, according to Gabriel, he only wrote and signed the letter because he was coerced by Wilma. He also said that he feared for his physical and psychological safety because, at the time, he lived in the same house as his widow.
3 of 5 Gal Costa and her son Gabriel. — Photo: Reproduction/ Instagram Gal Costa and her son Gabriel. — Photo: Reproduction/ Instagram
The heir says that the coercion began from the Gal’s deathin November 2022. According to Gabriel:
- He was “subjected by Wilma to ingest controlled prescription medications, having entered a state of such psychological distress that his cognitive capacity was severely reduced”;
- Wilma threatened him “saying that he should submit to her”, claiming that the court would have granted her custody of him until he was 21 years old;
- The widow would have tried to convince Gabriel to sign “a debt confession document and that he had the right to 75% of the assets [de Gal] and that, out of mere liberality, she decided to divide the assets into 50% for her and 50% for the heir”;
- Wilma reportedly said: “If you don’t sign [a declaração]we don’t get the money and we’re going to go hungry, you can’t do that to me, no, Gabriel”.
Gabriel also points out that, since childhood, he has not seen any signs that his mother and Wilma were married, although he does not rule out the possibility that the two had a romantic relationship before his adoption.
He says that he considers Wilma his godmother and that he has “great esteem and consideration for her, despite being aware of the psychological manipulation and coercion exercised during the events that occurred.”
4 of 5 Gal Costa’s wife and son at the singer’s wake at the São Paulo Legislative Assembly — Photo: Luiz Franco/g1 Gal Costa’s wife and son at the singer’s wake at the São Paulo Legislative Assembly — Photo: Luiz Franco/g1
The judge of the 12th Family and Succession Court in the capital, however, pointed out that Gabriel must file his own action and did not recognize any request proposed within the scope of the inventory action.
Wilma requested the opening of an inventory and recognition of post-death stable union in January 2023, two months after Gal’s death. She says they both lived together for around 20 years.
O g1 sought Wilma Petrillo’s defense, but did not receive a response until the last update of this report.
5 of 5 Gal Costa and Gabriel — Photo: Reproduction Gal Costa and Gabriel — Photo: Reproduction
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