“The chance that those women have kept track of your text messages is small… (Mechelen)

A tsunami of incriminating testimonies passed in review on day one of the criminal trial. The TV star (53) of yesteryear bombarded many, many young women with text messages. For years he struck, often incessantly. The tenor: Bart De Pauw is a serial stalker who abused his power and rarely stopped when the young women pointed it out. He faces a one-year suspended sentence. “I’m that dirty old man and that’s wrong. Life isn’t always fair,” he texted actress Ella-June Henrard.

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