The Sofia District Court has launched the case against the former chairman of the Bulgarian Patients' Organization Stanimir Hasardjiev. The prosecutor's office accuses him of coercion, in which a weapon was used, together with three other people - a Greek model, a former legionnaire and the actor Rosen Belov. The charges against the four are 17, including sexual gratification by force and threat, reports BNT.
Rosen Belov, defendant: "You have enough materials, this is a trial, as much as I will comment, as much as the media's desire to conduct an independent investigation. There is a trial underway, what I say doesn't matter, the court must rule."
Hristo Botev, lawyer for Rosen Belov: "The only victim has not been summoned and therefore the court will now decide whether to proceed with the case, because purely technically, the summonses have not been returned, a procedural problem."