In the aftermath of the non-appearance of the third man who sued Dimitris Lignadi for rape, the trial of the imprisoned director and actor continues today at the Mixed Jury Court of Athens.
This plaintiff, despite the court's decision to forcibly bring him to court, has not appeared in court to testify to what he has claimed about Dimitris Lignadis during the interrogation. He did, however, speak on a television programme, where he explained his reasons for not appearing in court. As he said, from the first moment of his testimony to the judicial authorities, his information was leaked. He also said that he was being threatened and that he had been forced to move out of Athens.
"Within 48 hours, my personal details such as my telephone number and my home address were leaked, resulting in me receiving threatening phone calls, sabotage of my vehicle, as well as an attack by a person unknown to me, probably a foreigner who, to be honest, I cannot say with certainty that it was an authorized person on the part of the accused or a random incident," said this particular plaintiff of D. In fact, he also referred to the court's decision not to have his lawyer present at the trial in support of the prosecution. "In any case, I will ask through my lawyer to make my testimony behind closed doors or via videoconference if this is possible," he said, also mentioning that he suffers from coronavirus and faces financial problems.
The appearance of this witness on a television station and not in the audience, did not go unanswered by Alexis Kougias defense attorney Dimitris Lignadis. In a statement, Kougias said that during today's hearing he intends to request that the journalist to whom the complainant spoke to testify at the trial. "We stress that both Mr. Lignadis and we as his proxies question, after what has happened with this person and his lawyer, that it is he who made the complaint against Mr. Lignadis, because, if it was him, why didn't he make this appearance through his lawyer? Unless his lawyer was not really representing him," Kougias said in his statement. He adds that he will request the urgent summons as a witness of the journalist to whom the complainant spoke, "to reveal with which phone this person contacted her, why she did not ask him a single question, and most importantly what evidence he has to prove that the specific person who called her or called him is the complainant."
Finally, it should be noted that today at the hearing, the lawyers are expected to continue the examination of the fourth man, who according to the indictment, was raped by the director while he was a minor, namely 17 years old.
Source: Proto Thema
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