The accused actor and director Dimitris Lignadi spoke to the court about her relationship with the accused actor and director Dimitris Lignadi, who said she had a love affair with him, but broke off with him for good in the year 2016.
The same witness testified that she had seen the accused with underage boys and young men and that he had admitted to her that he had sexual relations with minors, but she had never seen him with the four complainants nor did she know them.
"It had come to my attention that the relationships with young boys were not teacher-student and in 2016 I had heard and various rumours," the witness said in a passage of her testimony."
Chairman: did you believe them?
Witness: yes, he confirmed them to me and then I told him there was a big problem. In Paros I had seen him with a boy. I was struck by the big age difference. He was 16, but he tried to hide it from me.The same boy in 2005 was at the accused's house. The accused told me that boys and girls were always falling in love with him.
In 2016 when I asked him on the phone he told me that they were indeed true and what my problem was.
He was clearly violent and twice he had hit me for no reason.
I do not know the complainants.
The witness said that she had spoken to a police officer about the accused's behaviour in 2017, but nothing was done.
Pol. Prosecution: why did you go to testify?
Witness: I just wanted all this to stop. I wanted when he had told me that it was okay to have relationships with minors I thought it was unethical, that it was destroying souls. I had earlier spoken to a police psychologist in 2017 about the pushy behaviour and how he admits to having relationships with underage boys. I mentioned the name of the accused. He told me that there is no criminal offense as far as I am concerned and that there is no complaint against the defendant for the rest.
Pol. lawsuit: Why did you speak in 2021?
Witness: I had nothing to say other than that he had beaten me and had relations with underage boys. I couldn't conceive of him having relationships with children and being controlling.
Al. Kougias: does he know your husband?
Witness. Cougias: Has he ever asked for help from the accused saying that you have a psychiatric problem?
Witness: I don't know.
The examination of the witness will continue next Monday.
Earlier, the examination of the friend of the fourth complainant, who has testified that he was present at his rape, was completed by the Lignadi defense.
Source: in.gr
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