Greek Court Convicts Accuser in Rape Case That Shook the Country's #MeToo Movement
Five years ago, the arrest of Petros Filippidis, one of Greece's most beloved actors, became a defining moment in the country's reckoning with sexual abuse. By Lia Kontopoulou This week, the case took a stark turn: a court convicted one of his accusers of lying. A single-judge court in Athens found the woman, who had accused Mr. Filippidis of rape, guilty of false accusation and perjury. It sentenced her to 12 months in prison, suspended for three years. The judge overruled the prosecutor, who had asked for her acquittal. The woman has not been publicly named. "Shame," a spectator sho