What does his lawyer’s statement say?
A statement was issued by the law office of Othona Papadopoulos, which represents the detained police officer of the Parliament who allegedly raped his children and his wife.
The announcement emphasizes that the police officer denies all the charges brought against him, while there is talk for “mental illnesses” of the mother of the family, which is also the complainant, as well as for “heavy medication”, which he has discontinued.
At the same time, it is emphasized for the mother that “we insist on our request for her psychiatric evaluation by a specialist, a neurologist-psychiatrist who will be appointed ex officio by the judicial authority”.
With regard to the complainant’s lawsuit against the eldest son of the family, it is emphasized that she requested “the arrest and detention-detention of their minor child for one night in a police detention center”, while it is emphasized that “we regret to inform you that his complaining wife states to the media that among her priorities is to file for divorce so that she can continue, freely and unfettered – her personal life.”
The announcement states:
In relation to it, I was assigned to the head of our office, Mr. Othona Papadopoulos, the case of the police officer who served in the Parliament and is accused of acts of domestic violence and abuse of minors, we have the honor to inform you of the following:
Our principal’s position is still negative FOR ALL CATEGORIES imputed to him.
WE DENOUNCE the ongoing and uncontrolled leakage of the documents of the case file, which is done in a selective manner, with an exaggeration of elements that create suspicions against our principal and a methodical concealment of important elements that IN ITS ENTIRETY REPRESENT the charge brought against him.
WE PROTEST about the way this case is presented by the media and about the profiling of our principal, which is done in a biased way and with evidence of partisanship and bigotry, with a complete violation of the presumption of innocence and with the presentation of facts that have nothing to do with it with reality. We regret to note that the media is following the same tactic that was followed in the past in similar publicity cases, i.e. the deconstruction of the personality of the accused, the abuse of his profile in the eyes of public opinion by invoking non-existent evidence, the screening of interviews of “witnesses” who appear on cameras with their backs turned and altered facial features and have NOT RECEIVED WITNESS IDENTITY during legal process, as they deliberately hide their identity details and no one ever finds out who they are.
WE PROTEST the morally and legally unacceptable phenomenon of publishing photos of our principal and his wife on social media. Those who made these kinds of posts AFFECTED THE CHILDREN, as in this way the elements of their identity were identified and they were stigmatized in society as a whole. For this specific issue, we are going to file a complaint before Mr. Prosecutor of the Athens District Court, an action that the mother of the children should have taken, if she really, as she claims, is acting based on the best interests of her children. However, the bigger issue is that it has failed miserably to protect the identities of the children at the center of the litigation, leading to serious criminal liability.
We are working seriously and methodically with the aim of gathering evidence and taking legal actions that will lead to the collapse of the indictment that has been brought against our principal.
We proceed immediately to submit a request for a supplementary examination of the complainant, to provide explanations in any capacity (witness, suspect or accused), on specific questions that have remained unanswered by her, and specifically to answer about the method of collection and delivery to the Authorities of objects that were seized and specifically the reason why, every two or three days, he delivers to the Authorities new objects for investigation, for which it is not clear who they belong to, how they relate to the alleged acts, why they were not handed over earlier, and why they are being handed over to the authorities piecemeal, little by little and “in installments”. Where does she find them, who gives them to her, why didn’t she hand them in sooner, who had them in his possession for so long. We also request that she clarify which mental illnesses she was diagnosed with, based on the heavy medication prescribed to her by the Psychiatric Clinic where she was hospitalized, and specify the exact point in time when she stopped taking her treatmentwhile at the same time, we insist on our request for her psychiatric evaluation by a specialist, a neurologist-psychiatrist who will be appointed ex officio by the judicial authority.
At the same time that our client’s family is being broken up and his children are being distributed to various institutions throughout the territory, while the eldest son of the family has criminal proceedings against him due to a lawsuit by his own mother, who a few days ago had visited police station and asked her colleagues to arrest and incarcerate their minor child for one night in a police detention center, we regret to inform that the his complaining wife states to the media that among her priorities is filing for divorce so that she can continue, freely and without obligations – her personal life. We convey his fervent plea to the competent services NOT TO HOST HIS CHILDREN IN DIFFERENT STRUCTURES but to remain together and not to break the bond they have between them, until the police and investigative investigation is completed.
Within the next few days, and depending on the developments and the course of the Inquiry, a new group of evidentiary requests will follow to the honorable Mr. Investigator, until the final proof of our principal’s positions and his final vindication.
