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In a statement stating that he would ask for the date of Dimitris Lignadis’s apology to be changed, Alexis Kougias announced that he would undertake his defense together with Nikos Georgouleas. However, the latter announced late Monday that he was withdrawing from the case.
Meanwhile, new statements about the case are made to the prosecutor who has taken over the case.
Previously, Alexis Kougia’s office had announced that the criminologist accepted Dimitris Lignadis’s order and will be with Mr. Nikolaos Georgouleas as his defender during his apology.
Alexis Kougias
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The announcement indicates that Alexis Kougias will visit the interrogator tomorrow, Tuesday, from whom “he will request and receive copies of the file and will ask that the apology be determined for Thursday 02/25/2021, so that together with Mr. Georgouleas they can respond due limited time, in their defense duties, as required by the principles of the judiciary and the conditions of a fair trial under Article 6 of the ECHR, which have so far been marred by the humble political exploitation and malpractice of journalism ., refuting the presumption of innocence of the accused ”.
“If you don’t convince me, I’ll quit”
Alexis Kougias even stated that he would resign from legal representation of Dimitris Lignadis in case he was not convinced of his innocence.
Speaking to the main MEGA newsletter, he said that his principle is not to defend usurers and pedophiles, but he will study the case that has been formed against the well-known director.
In fact, as he said, he spoke to the client and found him “very upset”, mainly because of “what Ms Mendoni said about him”.
According to Alexis Kougia, Dimitris Lignadis pleads not guilty to everything and hopes that his lawyer will describe who these people are who accuse him, as well as their convenience.
Finally, it qualifies as unreliable the key witness, who allegedly presented significant incriminating evidence about what is included in the arrest warrant.
Spyros Bibilas Depot
On the morning of this Monday, the president of the Association of Greek Actors, Spyros Bibilas, also testified as a witness, who was called to provide the data on sexual violence in the theater that has been collected as part of the disciplinary control carried out within the SEI. .
He declined to elaborate on his testimony, said he had no jurisdiction over the allegations and referred to the chairman of the SEI disciplinary council, Paschalis Tsarouchas, who will walk through the investigator’s door on Wednesday.
The judicial investigation is in full swing and new testimonies from witnesses are constantly being added.
Find a second actor
At the same time, another case involving a second actor, accused of sexual abuse, is in court.
The prosecutor of the Court of First Instance is now in charge of the file that was formed after the lawsuit of Dimitris Anthi, who named as the author of his own violation the third person who was present in the alleged violation of NS by the former director of the National Theater.
This is a crime that supposedly took place in 2005 and has not yet been prescribed, but runs the risk of being prescribed in a few months and the prosecutor has asked for the process to be expedited, qualifying the case as urgent. .
