A suspected scammer dubbed the “Queen of ‘Goodnight, Cinderella’” has been arrested for drugging, robbing and beating a tourist.
“Goodnight, Cinderella” is local slang for Rohypnol, GHB, or any date-rape drug that renders victims vulnerable to assault or robbery.
Francini Demétrio Sitas was remanded in custody in the early hours of yesterday (1 Jul).
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The 23-year-old escort is suspected of drugging, robbing, and beating a Frenchman in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Francini is known in the criminal underworld as the “Queen of ‘Goodnight, Cinderella’”, according to Rio’s Special Police Station for Tourist Support.
She reportedly has dozens of entries for this type of scam on her criminal record.
Police say she targets exclusively foreign tourists and estimate the total amount she has stolen exceeds 100,000 BRL (£13,370).
Francini was allegedly accompanied by two women when she approached her victim in the Lapa neighbourhood.
He says they talked and drank before going to Copacabana, where they drank some more, before heading back to the city centre.
He says that at some point, he lost consciousness. When he came to, he was in A&E with multiple injuries.
He was later transferred to a larger facility, as reported by Need To Know.
Francini stole more than 50,000 BRL (£6,680) from him, according to police chief Patrícia Alemany.
She said, “She carefully picks her foreign victims. In this case, she drugged the French tourist and stole his phone and bank card.
“She made withdrawals totalling over 50,000 reais, and he was ultimately assaulted.
“Francini has countless cases of this type of crime and is known in the criminal underworld as the ‘Queen of Goodnight, Cinderella’.
“With her arrest, we hope to see a drop in this kind of crime, since multiple victims have identified her.”
Francini is the mother of a two-year-old boy, according to her social media.
She was caught at Rio’s Pedra do Sal landmark with a vial of the sedative drug clonazepam.
“She was at the tourist spot looking for a new victim,” said the police chief.
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