Sailing coach denies rape – Says 12-year-old was his first love

Displaying the 12 year old Amalia as the “first love of his life” ten years ago, o sailing coach is accountable to him Mixed Jury Court for offenses of sexual violence, which he alleges against him the 21-year-old athlete today.

The 39-year-old accused today, apologizing in court for what happened while the athlete who she was training was a minor, denied the act of rape stating that the violence “It’s something that does not represent me, in any word, as anyone perceives it. There is no violence in love. As there is no sweet without sugar, day without sun. The beauty of life is in love and otherwise life is meaningless and boring. As a character, when I feel in love, I become emotionally attached “he said adding: “I am absolutely in violence. Never violence. I am in favor of movements. I love #metoo and in the prisons of Tripoli I can not hang out with anyone, not even for coffee, who has beaten his wife “.

In a way that did not seem to realize that what he was saying, addressing Amalia and not the court, was about a minor who had the responsibility of being her coach, the 39-year-old said characteristically: “In the first love of your life, not violence. Call it failure, but not violence. “

Chairman: Are you talking about love, did it ever develop?

Accused: From beginning. Early 2012 a discussion started about whether I could see Amalia as my future husband. In 2010 I received a message from her father’s cell phone saying “I love you, don’t tell Daddy”. I showed it to her parents. Her mom was celebrating and dad was tighter and then Amalia was making fun of me and calling me a nail. In 2011, because she was encouraged by her parents, Amalia expressed her love with various tricks.

Chairman: But you present it as if your mother’s attitude led you to love … That is, because she set you free?

Accused: I do not want to mean that I throw stones elsewhere. Everything I did I did with an emotional conscience and no one is to blame.

Chairman: It was reported that in 2010 you gave her a kiss…

Accused: I did not do anything in 2010 or 2011. There was a constant claim from Amalia to me, but I did not respond. In 2011 we went on a mission to Galaxidi and we met for the first time. I was talking to the receptionist and that made Amalia jealous.

Chairman: At the age he was…

Accused: Of course.

Chairman: At 11…

The coach crying stated that at the time in question, when he was 29 years old and the complainant was 12, he was in love with the athlete. He even mentioned that “Amalia was homeless and did not want to learn to cook. I told her “I will put on an apron for you”. I told her I want you to read and I want to work, and pave the way. Unacceptable! Amalia! My baby! No violence! “

The 39-year-old, speaking more as the protagonist of a one-act act and not as a defendant for serious crimes, said addressing the girl who now as an adult accused him of raping her: “I made a huge mistake to put you in love quickly. I am not a victim. Not in violence. Yes to abused women. I love all women. Not to the scumbag who raises his hand on his wife, claiming love. That’s empty. ” He also said that “there is nothing more beautiful in life than waking up in the morning being careful not to wake up your girlfriend, prepare a nice breakfast, go upstairs and wake her up in the morning with a kiss and some chocolate to get up sweetly. ».

The accused repeated what he has claimed from the beginning of the case, that is, that the athlete’s parents were aware of what was happening with their daughter and emphasizing that “in 2010 my heart beat. I fell in love with her so much that I never regretted it. “Because it was my best.”

He also said that he has regretted every act of his, but not for what he felt.

“Emotionally, however, I will never regret it, because it was real sincere love and it is not wrong.”

The process continues.