by blanc » Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:55 am
Louf's testimony was rubbished by the concerted efforts of the media, following Michele Hirsch's intervention. It was, for example, wrongly claimed that Regina Louf had failed to recognise a photo of the victim Christine Van Hees. Louf sued, the journalists were shown to be wrong, but the judge held that they had acted in good faith, having been misled by a source. The source of this lie was Hirsch, the lawyer who had claimed to have evaluated and rejected roomfuls of documentary evidence in a few days. Further smears on Louf and on the testimony of the other x victims followed, the latter in an effort to debunk Louf, because in fact there were remarkable correlations in the testimonies. (example, the naming of the Lippens bros, not just naming, but describing their penchant for particular kinds of violence, and the places where it occurred and the other participants.) The fact that testimony also came from named sources, including someone who had seen perturbing things on Lippen's property in Ibiza was ignored. Dawant, in L'Enquete Manipulee referrred to similarities btwn X1 and X4's testimony by a two-liner stating that the psychiatrists of each knew each other, and therefore that there was obvious contamination. This insinuation of professional misconduct was the sole reason given for dismissing the testimony. X2 whose testimony also correlated was a civilian police employee. Dawant claimed in 3 lines, that one of the investigators was her lover before she came forward as witness, and that he had led the interviews. Neither of these statements was true, he did not name the policeman, presumably because of fear of being sued, but the policeman Clippe, who knew her, was not her lover, both deny, and did not interview her. Claude Eerdekens, a politician, joined in the climate of vilification,of Louf, and she was represented as a witch on a tv programme. This despite psychiatric reports that she had suffered severe and traumatic sexual abuse, and VandenBogaert having admitted sexual relations with her when she was 12 years of age.<br>The testimony of the xs, the anonymous testimony which also named the same players was buried, by a change of prosecutor and a smear campaign, directed at refocusing the minds of Belgian people on the idea that there was only one predator, no ring, no important people involved. The testimony itself tells a different story.<br>There are some contributors here who question if their experiences in Belgium are related. In the next post I will put in a few details of the castle from testimony, and later some of the place names, and people which appear in the testimony. This testimony, amongst all the truly dreadful stuff I have read and heard, is beyond the pale. I'm not writing out what was allegedly done, I can hardly bear to read it, but want to warn anyone who might be triggered by place names etc. so that they can better decide if/when to look at it. <p></p><i></i>