Flávio Bolsonaro is facing renewed scrutiny over a January 2025 flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Brasília after reports identified the Legacy 650 aircraft as partly owned by a company linked to former Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro.¹

The sharpest contrast is with Bolsonaro’s public comments months later. At a July event, he said: “I have never set foot on Vorcaro’s plane,” while also insisting that his only connection to Vorcaro involved financing for Dark Horse, a film about his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.¹ The report said Bolsonaro traveled with his wife, two daughters and lawyer-businessman Willer Tomaz on the January flight.

Bolsonaro’s response has not disputed that he was aboard the aircraft. Instead, he has argued that he regarded it as Tomaz’s plane, quipping: “Fortunately, at the time the plane was Willer’s. Imagine if it were now — I would have traveled on Alexandre de Moraes’s plane.”² The same aircraft was later used by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, according to the reporting.²

Tomaz’s account supports Bolsonaro’s explanation in part. He said he held one-third of the company owning the jet, paid for the flight and only learned in April that Vorcaro had also acquired a stake through Prime You. He said he then ended his contract with the company and began a legal dispute, adding that he did not know Vorcaro or conduct business with him.²

The reporting nevertheless places Prime You’s ownership stake before the January trip, when Vorcaro was a partner in the company. It also notes that the flight took place during negotiations over Vorcaro’s financing of the Bolsonaro film, creating a context that critics see as difficult to reconcile with the senator’s earlier blanket denial.² Bolsonaro’s position is narrower: he acknowledges the trip but denies knowing that the aircraft had a Vorcaro connection.