João Franco and his brother Karlos Franco were arrested in Turkey after a fistfight outside a clothing store in Bodrum left a 17-year-old dead. The brothers were taken to Bodrum Courthouse and are currently in prison after the weekend clash in Muğla turned fatal.
That is why the name João Below Deck is drawing attention now. The incident happened Saturday night, and local reporting says the argument with store employees began with profanity before it spilled into violence outside the shop. CCTV footage obtained by Page Six appears to show Karlos Franco throwing the first punch, while João Franco, 36, was dressed in a white-striped collared shirt, shorts and a baseball cap.
The video account adds a complicated detail to the case. João Franco stepped in at times as if trying to separate his brother from an employee, but he later appeared to swing his fist before the 17-year-old, a store staffer, fell and hit his head on steps. The teen was said to have suffered a severe head injury and cardiac arrest before emergency medical responders revived him and took him to Muğla Training and Research Hospital in critical condition.
For less than a minute, the scene kept escalating. One employee appeared to lunge back at the pair and swing his fist, other workers rushed out to help, and one man lifted a stool and tried to throw it at the Francos. But the most serious blow came when the 17-year-old went down and lay motionless until the fight ended.
Haberler.com reported on Monday that the teenager died in the hospital, closing the gap between a street brawl and a death case. The question now is not what happened at the shop; it is what specific legal charges, if any, will follow for João Franco and Karlos Franco after their arrest in Turkey.
João Franco and Karlos Franco were born in Zimbabwe and later moved to Europe to pursue yachting careers, and Page Six identified João as a Below Deck alum. Reps for the municipal police in Bodrum, the local prison and the courthouse did not immediately respond to inquiries, and Bravo declined to comment, leaving the prison status and the next legal step as the only clear facts still on the table.
