SAO PAULO/BRASILIA ¨C Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday told a judge that medicine-induced paranoia and hallucination caused him to tamper with an electronic ankle monitor, court records showed, a day after police took him into custody out of fear he might flee.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro¡¯s detention on Saturday, after more than 100 days of house arrest, citing potential flight risk as the rightwing leader awaits final appeals of his prison sentence for plotting a coup.
In a 30-minute custody hearing on Sunday, Bolsonaro denied any intent to escape or try to remove the ankle monitor.
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