In 2018, was accused all over the internet of intellectual misguidance for attributing a nationally known sentence to be credited to Romero Jucá, to another character in "O Mecanismo". The sentence was from a secret recording emerged of minister Jucá, who was under investigation in the multi billion-dollar kickback scheme at state oil company Petrobras, discussing a purported pact to stall a huge corruption probe that has engulfed much of the nation.