"Dimitris Lignadis will be acquitted[/B]" said Alexis Kougias on MEGA's "Smile Again" show, commenting on the developments in the director's rape trial.
It should be noted that in a statement Alexis Kougias refers to the third vindication of Lignadis, after false and slanderous allegations, as he says, against him by the lawyer Yannis Vlachos.
Alexis Kougias says that Yannis Vlachos "on the one hand, he was falsely spreading that Dimitris Lignadis, when he was a teacher at Arsakeio, had sexually harassed students of Arsakeio, on the other hand, he publicised and slandered Dimitris Lignadis, claiming that within the case file there were photographs from his computer which proved that Dimitris Lignadis had committed the offence of possession of photographs constituting child pornography".
Reply by Yannis Vlachos
The lawyer supporting the prosecution, Yannis Vlachos, gave a response to Alexis Kougias' announcement, calling it an "unstoppable torrent of slander and humiliation of the legal profession" by the defence of the actor and director.
Vlachos says that these communications "are full of blatantly slanderous allegations and characterizations that brutally insult the personality of witnesses, lawyers, and undeserving journalists."
"Lignadis will be acquitted solemnly"
"This unacceptable practice humiliates the journalistic profession, while it unintentionally serves the defense of the accused and the private professional interests of its advocates," Yannis Vlachos adds elsewhere.
"This whole story was created by a strange person living in Germany," Alexis Kougias told the show, adding: "What Mr. Vlachos was saying, that there are other photos, let him present them. When Mr. Lignadis was arrested, his house was searched, his computer, his phones. At that time an allegation began to develop from Mr. Vlachos that child pornography material was seized from Dimitris Lignadis' computer. No such material ever existed. The time is coming when the extent of the conspiracy will be revealed. This whole story was created by a strange person who lives in Germany and hates Lignadis because he was unbearably in love with him," Alexis Kougias said.
Furthermore, Alexis Kougias added: "The one person who denounced Lignadis has disappeared. He has appeared once in court, and has since disappeared. At some point Mr. Vlachos displayed a power of attorney from this person to him, which turned out to be forged. So we are now finished with the one case, the witness does not appear. The court dismissed Mr. Vlachos because the power of attorney he presented was illegal. That leaves three plaintiffs. One was posing as a prison officer in Sweden. Turns out he lives in Dubai and his job is different. Now he spends months on holiday in Santorini."
"Mr Lignadis will be acquitted ceremonially. Then you will all have to run to reinstate him. You have ruined his life, his career. There will be lawsuits and lawsuits against everyone, lawyers, journalists, false witnesses and perjurers," said the lawyer of Dimitris Lignadis, Alexis Kougias.
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