The 25-year-old man of Egyptian origin was charged with the crime of making a false statement in court, who had accused him of raping him in 2015 in Epidaurus, Dimitris Lignadis, whose trial continues today at the Mixed Jury Court of Athens.
The young man is the second in a row who has accused the director and actor of sexual abuse and today he was again on the witness stand to answer questions put to him by Alexis Kougias, the accused director's lawyer. Kougias' questions to the witness concerned the attitude and behaviour of the witness immediately after the rape he has reported.
Alexis Kougias: For five months you had no communication (with the accused) after the alleged rape and you thought you were together?
Witness: I was in love. There was never a "break up."
Alexis Kougias: Why did you stay with the accused?
Witness: I was in love.
Alexis Kougias: In this photo, Lignadis is naked from the waist up, have you seen your expression? This photo is five months after your alleged rape?
[/P]Witness: I see a man who was very much in love and no longer cared to go to his rapist's dressing room, smile at him and take a photo.
Alexis Kougias: Would you, if Lignadis told you that "we are together", would you file a rape complaint?
Chairman: It's a hypothetical question, don't answer it.
Alexis Kougias: If there was no Kyparissopoulos and Kourtesi, would you make a complaint?
Witness: I don't know.
Finally, today the defense concluded its examination of the 25-year-old. Earlier, the prosecutor of the court had proposed the rejection of the request made by the defense of Dimitris Lignadi asking for the young man's mobile phone to be handed over to the court. According to the prosecutor, the charge before the court is that of serial rape and there is no preliminary investigation against the witness, so the request cannot be granted.
It will be recalled that this request was made at the previous court session, with the defense of Dimitris Lignadis requesting that the witness' phone be "opened" in order to include in the case file the communications and other digital material stored on it since the beginning of the trial.
The court reserved its decision on the request.
Source: Proto Thema
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