News has reached BJJEE that a BJJ coral belt who is a convicted pedophile has opened an academy in Malaga in the South of Spain.
The coral belt in question is Brazilian former UFC fighter Joao Marco Pierini and is the head coach at Rilion Gracie Malaga that changed their name to Reylson Gracie Europe now.
In 2015, Joe Moreira promoted Joao Marco Pierini to sixth degree blackbelt in Mexico. He is now a coral belt as of last month as it was Reylson Gracie (son of Carlos Gracie Sr. and father of Rodrigo Gracie) who promoted him…
Pieirini was promoted by Gracie to coral belt after all his convictions and time spent in prison.
This is his Facebook profile. He goes by the name of Joao Marcos now:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100037630251274
IG : https://www.instagram.com/joaomarcos8902/
Pierini is a convicted pedophile and registered sex offender in the United States.
In 2006, Pierini assaulted teenage boys in Half Moon Bay CA, USA and pled no contest ( to 1 felony, 3 misdemeanor charges of child molestation) and was convicted in 2007. He spent 2 years in prison.
Pierini’s public arrest records courtesy of GeorgetteOden
He was deported after a year in jail and is a lifetime registrant on the sex offender registry.
In 2010 he sneaked back into the United States illegally.
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Mugshot from his original arrest for child molestation.
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