Jessica Andrade has filed a lawsuit in the US in opposition to former coach and supervisor Gilliard Parana, accusing the chief of Parana Vale Tudo of embezzlement.
The previous UFC strawweight champion started working with Parana as her coach and supervisor at age 21, a relationship that spanned from 2012 to 2024. She accuses him of stealing a complete of $2 million. Parana, who denied the accusations in a press release issued to MMA Combating, returned to Brazil shortly after Andrade introduced their break up. He has since introduced his retirement as an MMA coach and supervisor.
Andrade presently lives in Las Vegas and trains alongside Karol Rosa, Jessica Delboni, and Denise Gomes, who additionally left PRVT earlier this 12 months. Andrade has received her previous two UFC fights with Matheus Naccache as her new head coach. She’s set to return to the cage this Saturday, Sept. 7, in a co-headlining battle in opposition to Natalia Silva at UFC Vegas 97.
“We now have a lawsuit going about TransferWise and the cash that was transferred to different folks I’ve by no means seen in my life,” Andrade instructed MMA Combating. “That occurred when he was taking good care of my funds, and I had no entry to something. At one level he stated, ‘Jessica, look, let me deal with this for you, you don’t have to fret about any of this.’ And as all the time, I trusted him. He eliminated my entry to the account. He stated, ‘You don’t want to have a look at your accounts, you’ll have a month-to-month wage.’ I used to be making good cash to start with, however ultimately I don’t understand how [that money ran out].
“He stated I used to be procuring an excessive amount of on Amazon, however with the investigation and all that, [we saw that] I made $2 million and spent $10,000 on Amazon. The place did the remainder of the cash go? It is not sensible, and it’s being investigated now, and we’ll discover out the place each penny went. I’ll simply watch for now. I’m getting ready for this combat [on Saturday], and as quickly because it’s over, I’ll take a look at this lawsuit once more and hold it shifting
“The lawsuit is shifting in the US and he’s in Brazil, so I don’t know the way it’s going to work. He was fairly good, he left earlier than issues occurred.”
Andrade has fought 27 instances below the UFC banner, courting again to her debut as a bantamweight in 2013. Shedding $2 million has modified her plans for the longer term.
“I could possibly be fascinated by retiring now, proper?” Andrade stated. “In truth, I’ll must hold combating to make that cash once more and have a standard life. However it’s all good, God is aware of of all issues. Generally we’ve got to go down so we will get again up higher. I’m able to obtain what God has for my life. God received’t ever let me hand over.”
Andrade stated her funds at the moment are below management and he or she’s not struggling for money. The 32-year-old Brazilian has received her previous two UFC bouts, knocking out Mackenzie Dern after which incomes a break up determination over Marina Rodriguez.
“I can sleep at evening figuring out I’ve achieved good issues to everyone, by no means did something unhealthy to anybody,” Andrade stated. “What he’s taken from me, that’s all he’s ever going to have, as a result of he’s misplaced all his athletes, he’s misplaced all the things. The one factor he nonetheless has is the fitness center in Curitiba, which he opened with my cash, and that’s all he’s going to have for the remainder of his life.”
Parana denied all accusations to MMA Combating and stated his phrases will confirmed throughout the investigation.
“Anybody who has a mind and is aware of the best way to do math will see that she actually doesn’t spend her cash on only a few purchases on Amazon,” Parana stated in a press release to MMA Combating. “She has a number of bills, and there are such a lot of that she even will get misplaced within the calculations. Jessica just isn’t incapable. Jessica just isn’t a 15-year-old woman. And Jessica just isn’t illiterate. Jessica was by no means forbidden from going to the financial institution, from calling the financial institution and from discovering out how her accounts had been.
“Jessica all the time had full entry to her issues and was all the time clever sufficient to know all the things that occurred in her monetary life. And I used to be by no means the man who took care of her monetary life. I used to be simply her advisor when she wanted it and requested for it. However all of this shall be confirmed if there’s a coherent investigation. Could justice be served and will the wrongdoer pay, as a result of mendacity to the authorities and mendacity to have a trial go your favor can also be a criminal offense. Let’s wait and see what occurs.”
Parana’s assertion to MMA Combating might be seen beneath.
It was by no means like the way in which she’s insinuating, that I stole a single cent from her, a lot much less the quantity she’s speaking about, which is totally baseless.
Anybody who has a mind and is aware of the best way to do math will see that she actually doesn’t spend her cash on only a few purchases on Amazon. She has a number of bills, and there are such a lot of that she even will get misplaced within the calculations. Jessica just isn’t incapable. Jessica just isn’t a 15-year-old woman. And Jessica just isn’t illiterate. Jessica was by no means forbidden from going to the financial institution, from calling the financial institution and from discovering out how her accounts had been. Jessica all the time had full entry to her issues and was all the time clever sufficient to know all the things that occurred in her monetary life. And I used to be by no means the man who took care of her monetary life. I used to be simply her advisor when she wanted it and requested for it. However all of this shall be confirmed if there’s a coherent investigation. Could justice be served and will the wrongdoer pay, as a result of mendacity to the authorities and mendacity to have a trial go your favor can also be a criminal offense. Let’s wait and see what occurs.
One other essential factor to say is that she says I’ve misplaced all the things, that I solely have a fitness center in Curitiba left which I purchased together with her cash. That is absurd and really petulant of her to say this as a result of I’ve all the time labored. I’m 44. Once I met Jéssica Andrade, I had a pleasant automotive, I had a fitness center, I had a job. In all of the years that she was with me, I all the time had different athletes. In truth, in the previous few years, I’ve had 4 fighters concurrently within the UFC. She’s speaking as if I had no sources aside from the funds she made me, and he or she doesn’t even point out the funds she made me. From her narrative I had no wage, I had no different jobs, no different athletes, and all the things I purchased in my life I stole from her. These are issues that make no sense for her to speak about. And I didn’t even have the fitness center in Curitiba left as a result of that’s my nephew’s fitness center, Bruno, who labored for her for a very long time. It’s actually turning into a persecution, her attempting to defame me. I used to be — I don’t know if I nonetheless am, however I used to be — a really well-known man in my work as a head coach and group chief, and I all the time labored exhausting representing fighters. I had 4 athletes within the UFC and I all the time earned lots from them as a result of I delivered on my guarantees. Actually, if I purchased something, if I’ve any belongings, it’s because of my work as a complete, nothing coming from the flawed factor.
I believe that Jessica in 2023 — which is the 12 months these accusations that had been made by her occurred — she didn’t earn $2 million, as she’s saying she was robbed. It could possibly be one thing near that — until she fought Conor McGregor and nobody discovered. All of you, media, followers, and herself, I believe that after she sees my response right here, if she sits at house and begins to recollect all the things she spent, she could have an concept that this calculation she is doing just isn’t including up.
And I all the time instructed Jessica that when she stopped combating, received injured or retired, I might cease working as a head coach as a result of I’m already very bored with this type of discuss, with folks I helped attain the highest, it all the time causes issues. After I introduced my retirement, it’s apparent that the majority of them would go away as nicely since I might now not be in command of the work achieved as I all the time did. So when these issues with Jessica occurred, I introduced my retirement and I used to be not joking, I used to be not mendacity. It’s apparent that the opposite athletes would go away, and I didn’t go after them, I didn’t care about conserving them on the group. Every one went their very own manner and I’m positive that I fulfilled all the things I promised everybody. I received everybody out of unhealthy conditions and left everybody nicely, whether or not with a contract with the UFC or one other promotion, or working in a greater place.
I made a UFC champion, an Invicta FC champion, and now Mairon [Santos] received TUF, a man I labored with for six, seven years. I did nice issues within the combat enterprise and didn’t steal from anybody. I labored exhausting as coach and supervisor, and I did very nicely in my profession. If I had been to go on about all the things I bear in mind right here I’d spend a day speaking about it as a result of there’s lots to speak about, however I hope I don’t want to speak about this stuff anymore.
