"Bombshell" dropped on Greek television with the director of "Sasmos", Costas Kostopoulos resigning from his position and referring to the "complaint" of rape in a Facebook message.
"Until justice is done, I feel obliged to resign from the show I'm directing," says the director who will go to court.
What the director wrote
"For some time now, a woman with whom I had a casual acquaintance twelve, thirteen years ago has been threatening me, through messages and insinuations on social media, that she will report me for rape. Seeing her posts on social media, I found that she was constantly enriching her "complaint" with personal comic and supposedly humorous videos, constantly "photographing" me.
I gave in to the rage, refusing to believe that such lies could have official status. In recent days, however, publications and television reports have indicated that this woman has filed a complaint about a rape twelve years ago by a "well-known film director", again without naming me.
Reasons of fairness and dignity require me to take a public stand: This "complaint", if and when it does concern me, is absolutely false and constitutes a vulgar attempt to slander me. My principles and ethics are known to all those I have worked with over the decades. Of course, the testimonies of friends are not enough to defend my name and personality. I will not allow slander to creep in and erode my professional and personal life. After all, I have not learned to live among shadows and ghosts.
I am obliged to seek the protection of the justice system to which I am directly appealing. I obviously do not intend to publicly confront the woman in question, nor do I intend to respond to her lies or collude with her. The officers of justice, in whom I have complete confidence, are those to whom I have recourse, as would any citizen wishing to protect his name.
During the following period and until justice has been done, I feel obliged to resign from the series I am directing. I in no way want this personal adventure of mine to embarrass my colleagues, the production and the channel."
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