Celebrity cosmetic surgeon in Brazil vanishes after patient dies

[Judi Lynn]

17 July 2018 - 23H20



© AFP/File | Denis Furtado, a celebrity plastic surgeon, has fled the Barra da Tijuca
neighborhood where he lived after a patient died after a butt-enhancement procedure


RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -
A Brazilian celebrity butt-enhancement surgeon called Dr. Bumbum has gone on the run following the death of a patient just hours after undergoing cosmetic surgery at his home in Rio de Janeiro.

Denis Furtado was considered capable of performing magic on women's bodies, in particular their bottoms, and became known throughout the country for his expertise.

The 45-year-old's Instagram account belies his popularity with 650,000 followers.

But now he is wanted by police after Lilian Quezia Calixto died just hours after a butt enlargement procedure at his home in the swanky Barra de Tijuca neighborhood.

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Denis Furtado, the "Butt Doctor", dressed as a soldier



Lilian Calixto came to Rio, according to the family, for aesthetic procedure - Reproduction / Facebook

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Brazil's 'Dr. Butt' plastic surgeon arrested after patient death: police

Brazil's 'Dr. Butt' plastic surgeon arrested after patient death: police
Reuters Staff

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BRASILIA (Reuters) - A plastic surgeon known as “Dr. Bumbum” or “Dr. Butt” on social media because of his buttock-enhancement operations was arrested on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro, four days after one of his patients died, police said.

Police in Rio de Janeiro said on their website that they had been searching for Denis Furtado since Sunday when his patient Lilian Calixto, a 46-year-old bank manager, died at a hospital where Furtado had taken her after a procedure.

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Police said Furtado and his mother, who is also a doctor, were arrested in an office in a business center in the Barra de Tijuca beachside neighborhood of Rio in connection with the woman’s death. It was not clear if they had been charged with any crime.

Furtado’s lawyer, Naiara Baldanza, said at a news conference in Brasilia on Wednesday that her client was innocent and had not turned himself in to police because he was in a panic.

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