In 2013, Marcelle da Rocha Guimaraes (43), was in violation of a United States court order, and took her son Nicolas Scott Brann from the United States to Brazil. Guimaraes and son have not returned to the United States to date.

In May 2018, Guimaraes was convicted of international parental kidnapping, and on 03/23/2017, an arrest warrant for Guimaraes was issued in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. In February 2018, Guimaraes was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for international parental kidnapping and conspiracy.

Marcelle da Rocha Guimaraes and Nicolas Scott Brann have been known to frequent the area of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Guimaraes has dual citizenship in both the United States and Brazil.