Emails, which the 40-year-old woman had sent to the imprisoned actor and director Dimitris Lignadis with personal references of erotic content were presented during today's trial by the defendant's lawyer Alexis Kougias, wanting to demonstrate the passion and obsession of the witness with his client.
She was motivated
Through dozens of questions, the defendant's defense attorney reiterated D. Lignadis' claim that this witness , who in her previous testimony, had talked about minors she had seen in the actor's house, was motivated by specific motives.
Health issues
The defence's aim is to call into question the credibility of this prosecution witness , who during her examination did not hide her charge about the specific reports, which she even said were linked to a specific period of her life during which she faced health issues.
However, the President of the Court explained to the witness that she did not have to apologise for anything , that she could only reply to what she knew and that at the end of the proceedings everything would be assessed by the judges, who would have the final say in their decision, after having weighed up all the elements of the proceedings.
The examination of Panagopoulos
Immediately afterwards, the actor, director and acting teacher, Yannis Panagopoulos, whose name was involved in the case when Dimitris Lignadis, apologizing to the interrogator, was examined, to refute the first complainant's allegations of rape in August 2010 at the actor's house in Metaxourgeio, had claimed that he was on a leisure trip with the witness in Egypt.
Το ταξίδι
« This brings me here today. I can't tell you about August 1, 2. August 3-9 I was on a trip with him to Egypt. From what he told me at the time, he was going on this trip with his then relationship, as I found out by chance afterwards, something happened to this man, some car accident, and I was contacted by the defendant, saying he had a ticket if I wanted to go with him. And I did. And I paid for my ticket afterwards. I looked for the ticket, the ticket was found, but without a traveler's name, because I explained to you how it happened.
⁃ Chairman: How did you understand that the defendant used your name in February 21?
Toxic
[/P]⁃ I didn't hear it, I was taking a class at the time, through zoom and a journalist called me and asked me if I had gone on a trip with him and then all hell broke loose. I was informed that his lawyers were calling me to testify as a witness about the trip to Egypt. Until now I tried to stay away from this toxic stuff."
As the witness claimed in court, he met Dimitris Lignadis in 2005, at a performance the latter participated in.
"Watch out"
" Immediately after the performance, he came, found us, and my friend immediately said "Watch out". I didn't pay attention at the time. She asked me if I was interested in the theater and asked for my phone number. That same night, 11:30 or midnight, she called me. I thought it was strange, but I very politely made sure to stop the communication there."
For six months in 2009, the witness testified, he maintained friendly relations with the defendant, but he had not seen the four complainants with him or any other minors at the actor and director's home.
Lawsuit for false testimony
Alexis Kougias filed a lawsuit for false testimony against the fourth complainant and his friend who testified in court and confirmed the 25-year-old's allegations of being raped by Dimitris Lignadis at the actor's home in 2015.
The trial continues on Wednesday.
Source: in.gr
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