A stunning Brazilian influencer nicknamed the ‘Kitty of Crackland’ who was recently arrested for drug dealing has asked to be placed under house arrest so she can care for her nine-month-old daughter.

Lorraine Cutier Bauer Romeiro’s legal defence lodged the request with the court on Monday, 2nd August.

Lawyer Jose Almir cited the Brazilian penal code, stating: “Pre-trial detention imposed on pregnant women or those who are mothers or responsible for children or people with disabilities will be replaced by house arrest.”

The lawyer told news site G1: “She has a 9-month-old daughter who needs her. If the judge does not answer, we will file a petition for habeas corpus before the Court of Justice.”

Lorraine has been in preventive custody since 22nd July. She and her boyfriend Andre Luis Santos Almeida – nicknamed ‘Japones’ (‘Japanese’) – stand accused of drug trafficking.

The two were arrested as part of an undercover police operation targeting drug dealers in Cracolandia (Crackland) – the popular name for a central area of the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo known for its high incidence of drug dealing and public drug use.

Lorraine and Andre were two of at least 15 suspects who the police identified and arrested.

Lorraine subsequently hit headlines for her unlikely profile for an alleged drug lord – she is a pretty 19-year-old law student and influencer with a 58,000-strong following on Instagram.

Jose Almir has denied his client is a drug dealer, claiming that she merely went to Cracolandia to seek drugs.

The police disagree, having filmed her selling drugs at Cracolandia at one of its infamous ‘booths’ during their undercover investigations.

Furthermore, when they arrested her at Andre’s house in the city of Barueri in the Greater Sao Paulo region, they found with her a rucksack containing 85 portions of cannabis, 295 sachets of cocaine, eight sachets of crack, 97 bottles of chloroethane and 16 ecstasy pills valued at BRL 8,500 (GBP 1,168), and say she admitted to possessing the drugs with intent to supply.

The police say the life of luxury she flaunted on social media was funded by her drug dealing, which earned her and Andre up to an alleged BRL 6,000 (GBP 824) a day, according to news site R7.

The investigation into the pair is ongoing, and it has not yet been reported whether the petition for house arrest has been granted.