Everything was fine, he said, but everything was not fine
Na madrugada de uma quarta-feira em São Paulo, o influenciador Samuel Sant'Anna — conhecido como Gato Preto — colidiu seu Porsche de 1,5 milhão de reais contra um veículo popular em que viajavam um pai e seu filho, e então abandonou a cena antes da chegada da polícia. Preso horas depois em seu apartamento, ele responde agora por lesão culposa, fuga do local do acidente e suspeita de embriaguez ao volante. O episódio levanta uma questão que transcende o caso individual: até que ponto a visibilidade nas redes sociais protege — ou apenas adia — o encontro com a responsabilidade.
- Um Porsche avança em alta velocidade e atinge um Hyundai HB20 parado no sinal, com pai e filho dentro — o impacto é forte o suficiente para também derrubar um poste.
- Antes que a polícia chegue, o influenciador e sua acompanhante desaparecem do local em um segundo veículo, deixando o Porsche abandonado na avenida.
- Vídeos nas redes sociais mostram Sant'Anna em uma festa horas antes do acidente, e ele próprio publica — e logo apaga — um story comentando com aparente indiferença a perda do carro.
- A extração coordenada da cena, envolvendo seguranças e associados, aprofunda as suspeitas e amplia o escopo da investigação policial.
- Preso em casa pela manhã, Sant'Anna enfrenta múltiplas acusações enquanto autoridades aguardam o resultado do exame de alcoolemia — e o caso é acompanhado de perto por um público que conhece bem seu rosto nas telas.
Samuel Sant'Anna, o influenciador conhecido como Gato Preto, foi preso na manhã de uma quarta-feira em São Paulo após fugir de um acidente de trânsito que deixou outro motorista ferido. Ele conduzia um Porsche avaliado em 1,5 milhão de reais quando colidiu com um Hyundai HB20 na esquina da Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima com a Rua Elvira Ferraz. No carro atingido estavam um homem e seu filho.
Testemunhas relataram à polícia que Sant'Anna parecia embriagado, agiu de forma agressiva e fez ameaças logo após o impacto. Ainda assim, quando os agentes chegaram ao local, ele e sua acompanhante — a também criadora de conteúdo Bia Miranda — já haviam deixado a cena. O Porsche permaneceu abandonado na via. Segundo o boletim de ocorrência, pessoas ligadas a Miranda chegaram em outro veículo, retiraram pertences do Porsche e levaram os dois embora. O segurança de Miranda confirmou em depoimento que foi acionado por ela durante a madrugada e foi ao local após o acidente.
Nas horas que antecederam a colisão, publicações nas redes sociais mostravam Sant'Anna em uma festa com bebidas alcoólicas à vista. Após o acidente, ele chegou a postar um vídeo comentando a perda do carro com aparente leveza — o conteúdo foi deletado em seguida. A polícia o localizou em seu apartamento no bairro do Tremembé e o deteve por volta das 10h.
Sant'Anna responde por lesão culposa na direção de veículo automotor, fuga do local do acidente e suspeita de embriaguez ao volante. O delegado responsável aguarda o resultado do exame de alcoolemia. O caso, agora sob responsabilidade do 15º Distrito Policial do Itaim Bibi, segue em investigação — e coloca em evidência os limites da impunidade para figuras de grande alcance nas redes sociais.
Samuel Sant'Anna, known to his social media followers as Gato Preto, was arrested on a Wednesday morning in São Paulo after abandoning the scene of a traffic collision that left another driver injured. The 31-year-old influencer had been behind the wheel of a Porsche valued at 1.5 million reais when his car struck a Hyundai HB20 at the intersection of Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima and Rua Elvira Ferraz in the northern part of the city. Police took him into custody around 10 a.m. in the Tremembé neighborhood, hours after the crash.
The sequence of events that morning began when the HB20 driver, stopped at a traffic light with his son in the vehicle, proceeded through the intersection as the signal changed. The Porsche collided with him at high speed, the impact severe enough to also damage a utility pole nearby. The other driver reported to police that Sant'Anna appeared visibly intoxicated, behaved aggressively, and made threats at the scene. But by the time officers arrived at the location on Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, both the influencer and his passenger—fellow content creator Bia Miranda, 21—had vanished. The Porsche sat abandoned at the crash site.
What happened next, according to the police report, involved a coordinated extraction. The HB20 driver told officers that people associated with Miranda arrived in a Hyundai Creta, removed items from inside the damaged Porsche, and took both Sant'Anna and Miranda away from the scene. One of those people was Felipe Junior Da Silva Souza, Miranda's bodyguard, who later gave a statement at the police station. He said Miranda had notified him during the early morning hours that she was heading to a restaurant. When the accident occurred en route, he and other security personnel drove to the location and retrieved both her and Sant'Anna. According to Souza's account, Miranda complained of leg pain from the collision, and she subsequently asked him to return to the crash site on foot to assist the injured parties.
The police investigation uncovered additional details about the hours preceding the accident. Social media posts showed Sant'Anna and Miranda at a party earlier that evening, surrounded by alcoholic beverages. After the collision, Sant'Anna posted a video to his social media stories in which he commented on the financial loss with apparent casualness: he had destroyed his Porsche and lost 1.5 million reais, he said, but everything was fine. The post was deleted not long after.
Sant'Anna was located at his apartment and arrested by military police. He now faces multiple charges under Brazil's traffic code, including reckless injury while operating a motor vehicle, fleeing the scene of an accident, and suspected driving under the influence. The delegado Fabio Luiz Romanini ordered an examination to determine whether Sant'Anna had consumed alcohol and is awaiting the results. The Porsche, according to the police report, is registered in the names of other individuals. The case has been assigned to the 15th Police District in Itaim Bibi, which covers the area where the accident occurred, and the investigation is ongoing.
Notable Quotes
The HB20 driver reported that Sant'Anna appeared visibly intoxicated, behaved aggressively, and made threats at the scene.— Police report
Sant'Anna posted to social media that he had destroyed his Porsche and lost 1.5 million reais, but everything was fine.— Sant'Anna's social media post (later deleted)
The Hearth Conversation Another angle on the story
Why does it matter that the Porsche was registered to someone else?
It suggests a layer of distance between Sant'Anna and the vehicle—whether intentional or not. It complicates the legal picture and raises questions about who bears responsibility.
The video he posted afterward—was that a confession or just tone-deaf?
Probably both. He was documenting his own loss, not acknowledging the person he hit. The casualness of it is what people will remember.
His passenger, Bia Miranda, was she charged with anything?
The source doesn't say she was. She was injured in the crash and was rescued by her security team. The focus of the investigation is on him as the driver.
What does it tell us that his security team showed up so quickly?
That he has resources and people around him who move fast. Whether that's a network of protection or just practical support is something the investigation will have to sort out.
The child in the other car—is there any follow-up on his condition?
The source only mentions that the HB20 driver was injured and his son was present. Nothing about the child's injuries or status. That's a gap in what we know.