After about eight hours, the actor’s apology was complete. Petru Philippidiswho denied rape and attempted rape, of which he is accused of committing three of his colleagues.

On Friday, the prosecutor’s office of the United Jury will hear the actor’s case on whether he believes he is guilty or not of what the three women accused him of.

The defendants have apologized to both the three alleged victims and their colleagues, who have supported the three actresses from the outset with their statements, their presence today and throughout the previous period at the trial, and the statements they gave to the court.

“How easy is it to accuse me of being a rapist? I understand they want to do their job. But I protect my life, my lost life now hangs in the balance. I will no longer work at this job. I don’t want them, never see them in my eyes again. Shame on them! There were three women who rolled out the carpet first (ss refers to the actresses Anne-Maria Papacharambus, Penelope Anastasopoulou and Lena Drosaki, who were the first to make public complaints), but they didn’t succeed. How could they come back later with a name like mine?

According to Petros Philippidis, what happened to the second woman who reported him to the judge amounted to consensual sexual relations, since there was “mutual flirting” between them. As he mentioned, “this flirting was somewhat stronger both on my part and on her part with touches, smiles. She was very excited watching the show from backstage. What was done was done with the consent of both. There was no coercion or violence… Will he come to tell me about the attempted rape? He lied. She was the niece of a famous lawyer and I was going to try and rape her? I know I’m repeating myself, but I would never do that. How can I prove that what they report happened 15 years ago didn’t happen? I wanted to talk about myself because I needed to find a way to tell you that the person in front of you is not the one who has been described here for ten months.”

Speaking of the third woman who denounced him, Petros Philippidis said that after a business meeting, he offered to take her home in his car. “He came and we left. He grabbed my leg and began to caress,” she said and continued: “Everything that happened between us happened by our will. In the parking lot near my house, I raped her? I’m surprised they didn’t say I greeted my wife too. I am deeply wounded. I’m not even angry. I don’t believe either. I’m desperate and desperate.”

In another part of his apology, the defendant referred to SEH President Spyros Bibila, saying “he knows I’m not a rapist and he comes out and says that ‘many people will be sad if Philippidis doesn’t go to jail’.” And he insists that he is my friend. For all these people, my life has become a sheet and a pen.”

Speaking about his other colleagues and their attitude, the defendant said: “What I have not yet been charged with is that I committed murder or tried to kill a person. And I also … at some point I’m in a hurry. Nothing before and nothing after. I spent a year in jail. Do you know what I went through there? You don’t want to know! You’re sleeping and you don’t know if you’ll wake up. No, because the prisoners will do something to you. The prisoners treated me very well.” He stressed that they all “wanted to take me out of the theater and took me out. However, they cannot erase me from the memory and heart of the world.”

During the interrogation of the accused by the chairman after the conclusion with apologies, the chairman asked him to be more specific. “Who organized all this against you, as you say? What were the motives of each complainer?”

The following dialogue followed:

• Petros Philippidis: I didn’t give any of them a job.
• President: And others did not give ….
• P. Philippidis: Yes, but they didn’t create the relationship that I created with them.
• President: Well, you say these were also personal questions?
• P. Philippidis: Yes. Where is the falsification? (you ask me) I didn’t see it with my own eyes, but I’m pretty sure it happened from everything I’ve seen so far. They didn’t get a job. First, why did they keep coming and coming again? Nobody talked about rape, they wanted to destroy me professionally.
• Prosecutor: You are talking about an organized plan against you. That is, what did Mrs. Anastasopoulou, Papacharalambous and Drosaki talk about with three other ladies who later complained to you?
• P. Philippidis: They called each other, the whole place. They wanted to make this change for specific individuals they considered to be authority figures who should leave so that others could take the reins of power into their own hands. Mrs. Papacharalambous meets Mrs. Drosaki.
• Prosecutor: I insist on this because you said it from the very beginning. You say it’s a planned plan to redistribute the pie. I didn’t get any response
• P. Philippidis: You should look into the background of the second applicant. Look for relationships between people if you want a fair trial. Look for their relationship. I won’t tell you anymore. Two people came and told me about two applicants who worked with them.
• Prosecutor: You say that the old people had to leave… You are not 85 years old…
• P. Philippidis: On the part of the defense, they said about me “17 years in Mussoorie”. If you don’t put it all together, you won’t understand.
• Prosecutor: But why did they choose you?
• P. Philippides: Because I led a life that was about what they wanted. I didn’t hide.
• Prosecutor: You tell us that all three complaints are false. Do you think this is the easiest way? Flaunting a piece of your private life like this?
• P. Philippidis: Yes. It’s worth nothing, because nothing happened inside of you. Now what if another person’s life is ruined? Eh! Soon to be forgotten…
• Prosecutor: Why did they do it now and not at the beginning of their career?
• P. Philippidis: Because the climate has already been created.

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