Marathon hearings that stretched late into the night were delivered by the two defendants in the case surrounding the death of Giorgos Mazonakis, before the investigating magistrate at the former Evelpidon Courts. The 55-year-old defendant was first to enter the magistrate’s office, responding to a series of questions about the events of September 9th at the medical clinic on Karneadou Street in Kolonaki. Her testimony lasted eight hours.
The magistrate fired a barrage of questions, and the defendant provided detailed answers regarding the time of the singer’s arrival, the treatment administered beforehand, the state of his health, the moment he suffered cardiac arrest, and the events that followed — with the 55-year-old denying the charge of manslaughter with possible intent, committed jointly, and offering her own version of events.
Next to enter the magistrate’s office was her 58-year-old husband, who in turn presented his own account of his role in the case. He insists, according to his defense, that Giorgos Mazonakis was not his patient, that he had no involvement in the treatment, and that he was only informed after 4 o’clock about the problem that had arisen and rushed to help.
Giorgos Mazonakis case: New evidence surfaces about the two doctors’ assets
The television program Live News has revealed new details about the 58-year-old’s activities, documenting the luxury residences where he lived with his wife — also a defendant — and their children. The couple rented an imposing detached house in Psychiko that occupies an entire city block, featuring four entrances, security cameras, and a self-contained apartment for their housekeeper. They had been paying €2,500 per month in rent for this property for nearly a decade. They also held ownership of a 121-square-meter maisonette in Agia Paraskevi, acquired in 2006 through a mortgage loan, when the doctor was 38 years old.
“A hundred-carat attitude”: What the neighbors say
In the neighborhood, the 58-year-old made no effort to conceal his financial comfort, openly promoting the state-of-the-art clinics he claimed to operate in Kolonaki. However, the couple’s behavior left a negative impression on those around them. A local resident described how the couple carried themselves, remarking pointedly: “A hundred-carat attitude — always that kind of unpleasant character, just as he appears in the photographs we’re now seeing. He was always unpleasant. Very unpleasant.”
The properties
Financially, the accused couple appeared to be going from strength to strength in recent years. They acquired a luxury home in Mykonos and made the decision to move from their Agia Paraskevi maisonette to the grand Psychiko villa.
The Live News camera also visited the 121-square-meter property in Agia Paraskevi — the maisonette the defendants had purchased in 2006. At the time, the man who is today a 58-year-old doctor was just 38 years old, working to fulfill a series of personal dreams and ambitions. For the past 15 years, he had been professionally active in Kolonaki. The money the couple earned through their activities is now under the scrutiny of the relevant authorities.
The defendant doctor gave interviews and spoke at conferences. He had devised a scheme to import medical equipment through a company of his own, which listed his 18-year-old daughter as the person responsible, concealing the truth from the relevant regulatory authorities. Despite charging steep fees, he watched his client base grow year after year.
For every problem, he and his wife promised a solution — or so their clients tell Live News. None of them could have imagined that a facility operating in the heart of Athens was not what its directors claimed it to be. No one thought to question what is now coming to light.
Clients watched the defendant doctor speak at conferences, drive expensive cars, and promise them definitive solutions to problems that other doctors had been unable to treat. For some, the 58-year-old’s attitude had made a negative impression from the very first appointment.
Some had put it down to the eccentricities of a highly regarded physician. What mattered to them, after all, was the success of the groundbreaking treatment method explained to them — either by him or by his wife.
In any case, the accused doctors appear to have found a formula not only for resolving every financial problem they faced, but for dramatically transforming their quality of life. Images of the properties they owned, the cars, the clothes, and the doctor’s expensive watches all projected professional success — or so he told those around him. That success is now firmly under the microscope of the authorities.
