The court, with the questions it asked the young athlete, sought to clarify issues regarding the accusation of rape, which the 39-year-old denies, and not so much of the other two crimes that burden him and concern the seduction and abuse of a minor in indecency.
The 21-year-old sailing athlete was again at the witness stand who reported her coach for rape when she was a minor, following a decision of the MOD to give additional testimony to the complainant. Like the first time that the athlete testified in court behind closed doors, so today her testimony was given without publicity following a relevant request submitted by the Civil Action in the trial of the 39-year-old coach.
According to information, the court with the questions it submitted, for at least two hours, to the young athlete sought clarify issues related to the charge of rape, which the 39-year-old denies, and not so much of the other two crimes that he is charged with and concern the seduction and abuse of a minor in indecency, which the accused has essentially confessed. Thus the complainant appears to have been summoned by the court to refer to specific incidents of unlawful violence.
After her examination, the athlete, heavily charged with the procedure, left the courtroom and she burst into tears surrounded by her family and friends consoling her.
During the additional examination of the complaining athlete, the lawyer of the 39-year-old, Theodoros Mantas, left the room due to unfavorable comments on the internet, such as “the court exterminates the victims of rape” and “the defense has the usual aggressive and the complainant “. As Mr. Mantas stated, “I will leave the trial for the entire duration of the complainant’s testimony so that I do not see the abominations on the internet again. I will finalize in the next stages of the trial whether I will leave the process permanently or not “.
Following the athlete’s testimony in court, her father, a former member of the Board of the Maritime Club of the city where the alleged victim’s family resides, was interrogated as a defense witness, in order to clarify how the accused stopped providing services to the Club. The witness claimed that there was no information about the reasons why, during the reported time, the accused was removed from the Club, while the athlete’s father claimed that all the members of the Board, at that time, were aware.
THE trial will continue on Thursday at which point the 39-year-old defendant is expected to apologize.
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