And the Below Deck franchise takes another blow.
Per Page Six, Below Deck alum João Franco and his brother, Karlos, were arrested in Turkey following a fistfight that reportedly left a 17-year-old dead.
The brothers got into a verbal dispute with employees of a clothing store in the Bodrum district of Muğla on Saturday night.
Local outlets reported that the siblings were using “profanity,” which allegedly escalated the argument into a physical altercation.
Footage exclusively obtained by the publication shows Karlos throwing the first punch. João stepped in and separated his brother from the employee in an apparent attempt to defuse the situation.
However, the employee appeared to lunge back at the pair and swing his fist, prompting multiple other employees to come out of the shop and intervene.
João seemingly tried to break up the fight multiple times, but the altercation continued.
At one point, he appeared to swing his fist, after which one of the individuals fell to the ground and lay motionless until the fight broke up less than a minute later.
According to local reports, the individual who fell was a 17-year-old store employee who hit his head on some steps during the altercation.
The teen sustained a severe head injury and suffered cardiac arrest.
Emergency medical responders were able to revive him before transporting him to a hospital in critical condition.
João and Karlos were arrested and are reportedly “awaiting the next steps.”
Per Page Six, representatives for Bravo declined to comment.
ICYMI, João appeared on multiple seasons of Below Deck Mediterranean and Below Deck Down Under.
