In the testimony of the first actress who has reported Petros Filippidis for rape, in 2008, the procedure before the MOD proceeded, which closed the doors of the hall to the public, shortly before the victim took the stage.
Today’s trial ended with the first deposition which will continue on Friday, April 1, when the witness is expected to receive questions from the Civil Action and the Defense.
The testimony of the woman who claims that she was brutally sexually abused by her colleague during their business meeting in the dressing room of the accused, according to her lawyer, “moved on the same wavelength as the interrogation”.
The lawyer stressed after the end of today’s proceedings, that his client asked to be examined without an audience to protect her privacy and stressed that “we also want publicity, for the future”. As he stressed referring to the testimony of his client, “it will be crucial, difficult and long. It will continue in the next meeting “.
On the other hand, the lawyer of Petros Filippidis in his statements referred to “contradictions that the complainant had”. According to the lawyer, the position they defended in favor of the open procedure was about the possibility “for the public to be informed of what has happened. “Unfortunately, the many contradictions in which the complainant fell will never be known.”
The request for application of the provision concerning the closed-door testimony was submitted by two of the three actors who denounced Petros Filippidis, who are first and third in the list of witnesses. The second actress on the list of witnesses did not consent to the request and so her testimony will be made public.
According to the lawyer of the second complainant who requested a closed-door testimony, the court, by accepting the request of the two women, “decided correctly” as “the alleged victims will be able to testify with greater safety and comfort what they experienced”.
The lawyer of the actress who will testify in public, stated that his client considers the public procedure necessary: ​​We disagreed with the request behind closed doors. Certainly my client will suffer a lot of mental suffering, but it is a lawsuit that concerns all of us, that concerns the position of women in the workplace and also concerns the metoo movement. “We are determined to make everything public so that it can be seen in the theater and what is happening with the specific accused,” he told reporters.
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