Dimitris Lignadis: The famous actor declares his innocence and denies all of them categories. He also demands that he be released unconditionally. This is the actor and director who is accused of the crime of serial rape.
According to the memorandum submitted by his lawyer Alexis Kougias, Mr. Lignadis states that he never showed erotic interest in minors. Also, that he did not have sexual intercourse with minors, either with consent or without. He also denies that he used drugs or that he ever had drugs in his possession. In the memorandum, the lawsuits are characterized as "fabricated". The accused claims that the reason for the investigation against him is his rivalry with the Association of Greek Actors. He says that "these people envy me".
The memoir of Dimitris Lignadis
In particular, the Dimitris Lignadis, states: “The two lawsuits against me, as well as the testimony, are completely false. They are made and I categorically deny them. This case is made by lawyers. It is legal advice of the board of directors of the union of Greek actors. As an infrastructure, it has been my direct confrontation for years with the people who make up the board of directors. Specifically, for the way they manage The union of Greek actors and the money that comes into their possession. Because of this confrontation there is a chronic enmity between me and him. Especially with its president and mediocre actor Spyros Bibilas. He is in this position by chance and not by meritocracy. These people have been envious of me since I started my career. And their hostility and envy existed all these years that I star as an actor or direct top performances in the national theater, in the theater of Epidaurus and elsewhere, because I never chose most of them to participate in the performances, which I directed, and it peaked on the day that, due to Moss' excellent track record as an actor, first and then as a director, he was selected as the artistic director of the country's leading and institutional theater. "
D. Lignadis: What he mentions in the continuation of the memorandum
Ο Dimitris Lignadis He also opposes reports that revealed his involvement in a rape case, saying: well-known and politically connected to the opposition, daughter of former ministers, Elena Akrita, that I will resign from the position of artistic director of the national theater, and since I denied the publications of Akrita, I was sued by Vassilis K., which it had no legal aspect since it did not describe criminal acts and in addition it was reduced to a time limit that had expired ”. In fact, he talks about "moral extermination through the characterization as a pedophile and rapist". "For this reason, from the beginning, the two persons who are now alleged to be victims did not appear before the police or the prosecutor's office." Dimitris Lignadis He also addresses his accusers and victims in the accusation, characterizing the "ruthless and immoral people" who made two stories, one in August 2010,1, 2015 in August XNUMX, presumably that August is the month of performances. in Epidaurus and the other summer theaters, I would be in Athens, without even taking care to check the programs of the performances and to have an elementary reliability ". As for the accusation, he claims that" I had sexual intercourse, With those without his consent, I have never used drugs and I would never have or have any drug in any third party ”.
D. Lignadis: What he points out at the end of his memoir
Regarding the second lawsuit for rape against him, o Dimitris Lignadis claims that from the testimonies of the witnesses he has proposed, from August 1, 2015 until the end of August 2015 "I was constantly in Ithaca for holidays with my brother and his daughter, hosted by my personal friend, colleague and former Minister of Culture Eleni Kourkoula with her ex-husband Dionysios Panagiotakis ". Regarding the descriptions of the plaintiff and the witness of the house of the accused, and specifically the view of his house on the Acropolis and Lycabettus, as well as the cat he has, the Dimitris Lignadis claims that "these facts do correspond to reality, as indeed my house overlooks the Acropolis and I do have a cat, but these in themselves do not prove that the above have come to my house, because photos of both my house with this view, as well as my cat have been posted on the site spirishoot since 2015 and so everyone could know them without ever coming to my house. "Finally, for the 40-year-old witness states:" This is a girl who was obsessed with my face and wanted in every way we could have a relationship, even get married, and for this reason he constantly watched me at home, at work, in the theater and on my vacations for 20 years until recently ".