Before the Mixed Court of Justice The first trial for rape reported in the context of the disclosure of evidence by victims begins today sexual abuse or else meToo which started a year ago with the Olympic champion as the first complainant, Sofia Bekatorou who will testify at the trial.
The 39-year-old sailing coach accused of raping his underage athlete 10 years ago will sit in the dock. The accused is facing charges of rape with intent to commit rape, indecent assault and seduction against the then 11-year-old sailing athlete until she was 14 years old.
The temporarily detained coach has confessed to having sexual relations with the underage girl.
The 21 year old sufferer today with the support and support of Mrs.Bekatorou had denounced a year ago to the Prosecutor what she experienced at the hands of her coach confirming what the Olympic champion had already testified to the prosecution authorities about her case.
The coach had been arrested with rapid procedures on the island where he lived and had been transferred to the Athens Prosecutor's Office and then to the interrogation office where he had denied the acts attributed to him and had claimed that his sexual relationship with the minor began not when she was 11 years old but later. He had also invoked the victim's “consent”, while before the interrogator he had said that he still loved the victim and that the 21-year-old girl would have to «be patient, when I get out of prison I will marry her».
According to the prosecutor's motion to refer the coach to court, the defendant «used sexual and psychological violence on the minor to prevent her from disclosing her rape to her parents.» The prosecutor even stresses that the 39-year-old «unashamedly confessed that he had consummated sexual relations with his underage athlete. He took advantage of her inexperience and her parents» trust in him".
