Peter Plasman on Humberto about prosecution of Marco Borsato: 'Couldn't be otherwise'
According to lawyer Peter Plasman, the Public Prosecution had no choice but to file a lawsuit against Marco Borsato for fornication with an underage girl. According to him, there would be "no pin to be put between" the statement. He said this in talk show Humberto last night.
OM Midden Nederland made the decision to prosecute Borsato disclosed yesterday. The investigation file has been carefully studied, now the prosecution suspects the singer of lewdly groping the victim. That decision was a long time coming. Almost two years following the charges against him, is the bullet.
Diaries as evidence in Marco Borsato case
According to Peter Plasman, the alleged victim's lawyer, "it couldn't be otherwise, given what is there" in evidence. "There seems to be no pin between them. It is a statement that is reliable." Among other things, diaries of the young woman are used as evidence, but according to Plasman, there is also "important other evidence."
What that is and what exactly happened between her and Marco Borsato, according to the alleged victim, Plasman did not elaborate. "That is up to the criminal judge. I also don't want a trial by media startup. We filed a report, there were investigative actions, and the officer decided to prosecute. That's a clear decision."
'Not some bullshit story'
Also, according to table guest and crime journalist John van den Heuvel, this move by the prosecution shows that the woman's story is not based on "some tall tale." A common counterargument to the report would be a possible financial interest of the woman, Van den Heuvel said.
According to the crime journalist, that is not a factor. "She has said from day one, 'I don't care about money.' She never wanted to press charges either. Only because of everything that happened with The Voiceshe got the feeling: you can't get away with this. But even if there had been a conversation at the time in which Marco Borsato had apologized, and had also said publicly, 'I shouldn't have done this,' I don't think the report would have even been filed. I am convinced of that as well."
'Incomplete'
Marco Borsato's lawyers, Carry and Geert-Jan Knoops, informed Humberto in a response that they brought in "as many as 29 exculpatory witness statements and evidence incriminating the declarant." They call the decision to prosecute Borsato "incomprehensible and in any case incomplete."
