Brazilian soccer star Neymar was fined more than $3.3 million for violating local environmental rules during renovations at his mansion.
The Mangaratiba city hall said in a statement Monday night it had issued four fines totalling about 16 million Brazilian reals after Neymar was accused of illegally building an artificial lake at his mansion.
A city hall document obtained by The Associated Press says that the latter charge is related to Neymar's decision to swim in the artificial lake despite the fact that local authorities had shown up to forbid him from that area due to environmental consequences. “Because of that, the athlete was fined again,” it said.
Brazilian media reported on Friday that Neymar threw a party that day to celebrate the completion of the artificial lake. The company that built the artificial lake, Genesis Ecossistemas, celebrated the 10-day job on its social media channels. It said the lake is 1,000 square meters .
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