Carlos Cruz (television presenter)
Carlos Cruz (born March 24, 1942, in Torres Novas), GCIH is a Portuguese television presenter and convicted pedophile.
Biography
Carlos Cruz was born in 1942 in Torres Novas. At the age of 4 he migrated to Portuguese Angola, Angola being a Portuguese territory at the time. In Angola, at 14, he started work as a sports reporter at the Emissora Católica de Angola and the Rádio Clube de Angola radio stations.[1] Back in Lisbon, he attended the Instituto Superior Técnico where he enrolled in the electrical engineering program, but dropped out and started a professional career in Portuguese television and radio.[2] Throughout his career in the Portuguese media he worked for the Emissora Nacional (now fully owned by RTP), RTP, Rádio Comercial and SIC.
Among his best-known television work were the shows Zip-Zip (RTP),[3] with Raul Solnado and Fialho Gouveia; 1-2-3 (RTP); O Preço Certo (RTP) and Noites Marcianas (SIC).[2] In 1990, he founded the television production company CCA (Carlos Cruz Audiovisuais), but the project went bankrupt.[2][4] Carlos Cruz was the spokesperson of a successful Portuguese bid submitted to host and organize the UEFA Euro 2004.[2] In 2002, the President of Portugal awarded him the Order of Infante D. Henrique.[1]
Pedophilia scandal
After a successful career, interrupted by a cancer operation,[2] in 2003 he was arrested and accused of pedophilia practices in the Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal.[5] In 2004, as an arguido involved in the trial, Cruz published a book of personal reflections, Preso 374.[6][1] He was convicted on September 3, 2010, on charges of pedophilia, and sentenced to 7 years in jail, but he is currently free pending possible appeals.[7]
References
- ^ a b c Template:Pt icon Carlos Cruz, Webboom.pt
- ^ a b c d e Carlos Cruz. In Infopédia [online]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2008. [Consult. 2008-10-24]. See: <URL: http://www.infopedia.pt/$carlos-cruz>.
- ^ Template:Pt icon Zip-Zip, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
- ^ Template:Pt icon Patrícia Fonseca/VISÃO nº 550 Ascenção e queda do Sr. Televisão, Visão (18th Sept. 2003)
- ^ Template:Pt icon Carlos Cruz regressa a Tribunal no âmbito do processo Casa Pia, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (October 14, 2008)
- ^ ISBN 9789895550852; Publisher: Oficina do Livro
- ^ Template:Pt icon Tribunal dá 17 crimes como provados, Diário de Notícias (September 3, 2010)