Former reality TV personality João Franco and his brother, Carlos, were arrested in Turkey after a fight outside a clothing store left a 17-year-old boy dead.
Security footage from the Nov. 7 incident in Bodrum, in Muğla province, shows the brothers leaving the store as an employee follows them. Carlos appears to throw the first punch, and other employees soon join the confrontation.
João initially seems to try to calm things down, stepping between his brother and the employees. He later appears to join the fight and throw punches. At one point, a man picks up a nearby stool, seemingly preparing to throw it at the brothers.
During the altercation, 17-year-old Muhammet Koyabakan fell and hit his head on the ground. He later died in hospital.
The brothers were first detained and later formally arrested. The charges against them have not been made clear. They told police they acted in self-defense and denied striking Koyabakan, according to local media reports. The same reports said the brothers were intoxicated and swearing during a verbal dispute before it turned physical.
Franco became known after appearing as a deckhand on the third season of “Below Deck Mediterranean.” He returned as the show’s bosun for season four and later appeared on “Below Deck Down Under.” He and Carlos were born in Zimbabwe, moved to Europe and are now Portuguese nationals.
Another “Below Deck Mediterranean” cast member, Captain Sandy Yawn, made headlines earlier this year over a separate legal case. Yawn and her wife, Leah, said they lost their money after hiring contractor Spencer Calvert to build their Jacksonville, Florida, home. Calvert was sentenced to five years in prison in July after pleading guilty to a fraud scheme. He was also ordered to pay more than $8.7 million in restitution and received 30 years of probation.
