By Elena Galaris

With the testimony of the friend of the first complainant in the trial of Petros Filippidis, the trial of the actor continued in the appellate court.

The witness was the first person the complainant met after the alleged act of attempted rape.

“I went and found her very upset, in a panic, very confused. I saw some redness on her neck, she was in shock. We walked and reached Victoria Square. We sat on a bench and there, crying and sobbing, she announced to me that Mr. Filippidis tried to At first she told me what happened. She was crying on a sofa in his dressing room he took down her clothes and tried to force his way in. That he went to leave and knocked on a piece of furniture. He told me that he was calling for help and that there is no one here to hear you and that when he found himself in door, he told her that if she left he would destroy it. And then Mr. Filippides opened the door for her and left.”

As the witness testified, they did not think to go to the police, something they have regretted.

“And while we were together on the bench for some time, then her phone rings, it’s a message. I searched her bag and found the cell phone. I saw that the message was from Mr. Filippidis. She panicked and I opened it and read an obscene vulgar message: “next time you won’t get away from me, I want you to …”, he wrote. Is it possible for a man like Mr. Filippidis to express himself like this? Then I realized that everything he was telling me had happened.” .

The complainant’s friend reported that when he told her that he would be working with Petros Filippidis in a show in 2026, she told her to be careful.

The trial will continue on January 20