The following person is now appearing before the investigating judge: Dimitris Lignadis. The defendant director's defense began a short while ago. Earlier, the council misdemeanor courts rejected the motion to dismiss against the preliminary ruling it had filed. The judges They did not accept the defendant’s claims; he was present throughout the hearing and presented evidence. The judges ruled that all aspects of the proceedings were conducted in accordance with due process.
In his defense brief, the defendant D. Lignadis refers to a conspiracy that began shortly after the revelations of Sophia Bekatorou, as well as her posts Elena Akrita regarding his resignation from the National Theater. «Their goal,» according to Lignadis (editor’s note: those who are persecuting him), was «my moral destruction by branding me a pedophile and rapist.».
The defendant also alleges that his accusers intended to gain financial benefit from this incident by finding two unscrupulous individuals who accused him of raping them. In his 27-page defense brief, the defendant refers to the two foreign nationals who turned against him, to his professional career, as well as the way he handled the allegations against him by immediately presenting himself to the authorities and placing himself at their disposal.
