In 1998, at age 16, she was the initial target of the kidnapping that ended up by mistake with her Uncle Welington Camargo, which mobilized the country when they cut a piece of his ear and sent it to the family. Soon after, even with security hired, she suffered a new attack when her school was robbed. After the raid, her family moved to the city of Plantation, Florida, in the United States, to protect herself of future attacks, where she remained for a year.