Three Sisters Who Killed Their Father For Sexually Abusing Them Have Been Accused Of Lying By Their Family
Three Sisters Who Killed Their Father For Sexually Abusing Them Have Been Accused Of Lying By Their Family
Three Russian sisters who claim they killed their s3x abuser dad are accused by their own family of inventing his abuse to escape justice
Krestina and Angelina Khachaturyan, who were 19 and 18 when their father was stabbed with his own hunting knife, face trial for his murder.
Their younger sister Maria Khachaturyan, 17 when her father was killed, will be dealt with separately by the Russian legal system.
The sisters have all admitted taking part in the events leading to a knife and hammer attack that resulted in their father Mikhail Khachaturyan, 57, dying of multiple stab wounds.
But the women have claimed that their "paedophile" father subjected them to years of "torture and sexual abuse", and they used "necessary self-defence" in killing him.
Mikhail Khachaturyan, 57
Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor Grin earlier this year demanded the murder charges were dropped and re-qualified as "self defence", but later reversed the decision and charged two of the women with murder.
The high profile case has been seen as a test case in Russia for domestic sexual abuse — but now ahead of the trial the sisters’ own family have spoken out on a major TV show to accuse the sisters of a plot to kill their father to inherit his money and property.
Maria Khachaturyan
Their aunt Naira Khachaturyan, sister of the slain father, claimed the official investigation has found no evidence of sexual violence against the teenagers.
Medical tests showed two of the three were virgins, she claimed, while the third had a secret boyfriend.
They conspired to kill their father before his intended emigration to Israel when they were all over 18, she alleged.
And the aunt disputed the sisters’ claims that they were shut away and deprived of social contact.
Appearing on Andrey Malakhov's 'Let Them Talk', TV show on Rossiya 1 channel, she said: "They had to get rid of him.
"They knew they could live the way they want if they got rid of their father."
They wanted to "delete him from their lives".
The girl's aunt Naira Khachaturyan
The dead man’s nephew Arsen Khachaturyan claimed that one of the sisters had inflicted wounds on the other two which they later blamed on violence by their father.
"Sexual violence, other violence, there was nothing of that,” he told viewers.
“The girls decided to kill their father, they conspired a while ago.”
A lawyer hired by the family to dispute the sisters’ arguments, Olga Khalikova, said: “If the girls were subject to sexual abuse, they could have easily told their friends that their father was cruel and raping them.
Mikhail Khachaturyan with his daughter Angelina
“But they never did.”
She claimed they led a “riotous lifestyle” during their father’s visits to Israel.
They held parties and took drugs, she claimed, citing evidence in the state investigation of the case.
It was also claimed they were unable to escape their father’s sexual violence but “they could easily have left” when he was absent.
Ms Khalikova said: “In their testimonies, the girls say the violence started when their mother was still. living with Mikhail before she left.
“Why did the mother not see there was sexual abuse and protect them?"
Krestina Khachaturyan
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