Carlos Pereira Cruz (born 24 March 1942 in

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) is a

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former radio and television journalist and talk-show host whose career ended after his involvement and criminal conviction in relation to the Casa Pia scandal.

Biography

Carlos Cruz was born in 1942 in

. At the age of four he migrated to the Portuguese territory of Angola where, at 14, he started work as a sports reporter at the ''Emissora Católica de Angola'' and the ''Rádio Clube de Angola'' radio stations. Back in Lisbon, he attended the

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where he enrolled in the electrical engineering program, but dropped out and started a professional career in Portuguese television and radio. Throughout his career in the Portuguese

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he worked for the Emissora Nacional (now fully owned by RTP), RTP,

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and

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. Among his best-known television shows were ''Zip-Zip'' (RTP), with

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and Fialho Gouveia; ''1-2-3'' (RTP); ''O Preço Certo'' (RTP) and ''Noites Marcianas'' (SIC).Carlos Cruz. In Infopédia nline Porto:

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, 2003-2008. onsult. 2008-10-24 See: . In 1990, he founded the television production company CCA (Carlos Cruz Audiovisuais), but the project went bankrupt. Cruz was the spokesperson of a successful Portuguese bid submitted to host and organize the

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. In 2002, the

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awarded him the Order of Infante D. Henrique. In 2004, ''

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'' wrote that Cruz was "Portugal's most famous media personality", and in 2010, ''The Daily Herald'' "once Portugal's most popular television presenters" ic In October 2011 in an interview with the magazine '' Público'' he announced his imminent return to television on the cable channel House TV.

Paedophilia scandal

After a successful career, interrupted by a cancer operation, he was arrested in 2003 and accused of

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offences in the

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. In 2004, as an '' arguido'' ("formal suspect") involved in the trial, Cruz published a book of personal reflections, ''Preso 374''. He was convicted on September 3, 2010, and sentenced to seven years in prison, but he was free pending appeals until 2013. Because of the sentence, Cruz lost its recognition as part of the Order of Infante D. Henrique.

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