With the testimony of the second woman, who had denounced Petros Filippidis for attempting to rape her in 2010 in the "Mousouri" theatre, the trial of the actor, who is accused of rape and repeated rape and two attempted rapes against three female colleagues, continues today at the Mixed Jury Court.
The 39-year-old woman at the previous court session had described the attempted rape she claims she suffered from P. Filippidis, even claiming that the door of the theatre was closed at those moments, and that the accused actor threatened her that he would destroy her professionally.
"He took down my leggings and took my underwear with him. With tremendous force he opened my legs and tried to penetrate me. I continued to move non-stop, at one point he moved his hand to grab his genitals," the 39-year-old said in her statement, describing the attempted rape she claims she endured. "Then I managed to move my leg and pull him away. I got up and banged on some furniture that was next door. He came behind me and I felt his genital organ touching my naked body part, about my thigh... I found that the door (to the dressing room) was locked. I can't describe exactly what I felt when I realized it. I started to scream loudly "ahhhh". He was unruffled and deflated. "Don't shout for nothing, there's no one in the theatre" he said. I grabbed my bag and coat and started banging on the door with my hands and knees," the witness testified, adding that Peter Filippidis yelled at her: "As easily as I can make someone's career, I can easily tear it down. If you walk through that door, I will destroy you."
But the 39-year-old also spoke of phone calls she received from the defendant ten days later. Specifically, she said: "When I didn't pick up the phone he would text me 'pick up or I will come to where you are'. And I couldn't think at the time that he didn't know where I was so he could come over. He would tell me what he wanted me to say on the phone to make himself happy. One time I was at my mother's house and she called me and I recorded it while she was masturbating. It was the only thing I kept. I erased messages and phones so no one would find them. This record unfortunately was on an old-style cell phone and has been destroyed. That is why I did not tell the prosecutor or the investigating judge."
Today, with the start of the trial of the 39-year-old woman, the prosecution is expected to continue to ask questions and it is not excluded that she will then be examined by the accused actor's lawyers.
Source: Proto Thema
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