Mazonakis Lawyer Seeks Murder Charge Against Doctors

The lawyer representing the family of Greek singer Giorgos Mazonakis has announced he will seek to have the charges against two arrested doctors upgraded, from causing death through exposure to danger to murder with possible intent. The development was first reported on September 11 at 3:19 p.m. by the outlet nova.rs, and later the same day, at 7:36 p.m., Telegraf, citing the Greek site protothema.gr, revealed that deleted data had been recovered from equipment at the doctors’ practice, including a search on how to revive a patient.

The two doctors were arrested on Thursday evening. Nova.rs names them as Ilijas Teodoropulos and his wife Jovana Gaka, while Telegraf, citing protothema.gr, refers to them as Elijas Teodoropulos and Joana Gaka. They are charged with causing death through negligence, specifically by exposing a patient to danger. Their practice is located on Karneadou Street in Athens, where Mazonakis, according to nova.rs, had gone for plasmapheresis.

A three-hour gap over arrival time

Greek outlet protothema.gr, as cited by Telegraf, reports that Mazonakis entered the practice shortly after 1 p.m., while the doctors initially claimed in their statements that he arrived after 4 p.m. The discrepancy amounts to at least three hours.

Nova.rs goes further into that gap. According to the outlet, Jovana Gaka stated that the singer was late for his scheduled appointment and arrived around 4:30 p.m. Security camera footage, however, reportedly shows he was already at the practice around 1:30 p.m., roughly three hours earlier. Adding to the confusion, nova.rs reports, is the fact that the call to emergency services was not made until shortly after 4:20 p.m.

Was a search made on artificial intelligence?

Deleted data has been recovered from the equipment, computers and phones at the practice, Telegraf writes, citing protothema.gr. Among the deleted material is a photograph showing Mazonakis lying on the plasmapheresis machine. On one of the computers, according to the same reports, investigators found a search on how to revive a patient, and the investigation is now checking whether that search was put to an artificial intelligence tool, who ran it, at what time, and what response it returned.

In addition, still according to Telegraf, entries relating specifically to Mazonakis’s appointments were selectively deleted from the practice’s medical calendar, while the rest of the calendar was left untouched. The doctors have been given until Monday to give their statements to the investigating judge.

Two machines that were not on record

Nova.rs also reports that a search of the practice turned up two plasmapheresis machines which, according to the investigation, were not listed among the registered equipment during inspections by the Athens Medical Association in 2024 and 2025. The practice, per the same source, was licensed as a pathology practice, and the Medical Association pointed out that plasmapheresis is not permitted to be performed in such a space.

According to the doctor’s own statement, cited by nova.rs, the plasmapheresis procedure had not even begun at the moment the singer collapsed, as she was still placing a second venous catheter in his left arm. Emergency responders, however, say the machine was already running when they arrived, and its technical data shows it had last been switched on for around 45 minutes.

Nova.rs adds that the taxi driver who took Mazonakis to the practice has also been located and is expected to be questioned starting Monday, to confirm the exact time of arrival. The outlet further reports that Mazonakis had a bandage on his head at the practice, and that the doctor and one employee stated he had explained to them that he felt dizzy and fell down the stairs while leaving his house.

Family lawyer: “I will seek a murder charge”

The family has entrusted its legal representation to lawyer Charalambos Likoudis, who has already filed to join the proceedings and hired a forensic medical expert as a technical consultant. Speaking to the Greek channel SKAI, Likoudis announced his next move.

I will address the investigating judge with my own filing and seek to have the indictment’s classification changed, from causing death through exposure to danger to murder with possible intent.

Likoudis, according to nova.rs, criticized the doctors, claiming they carried out the plasmapheresis for financial gain despite the risk to life. He also announced he will seek the seizure of the machines, which he claims were installed illegally, as well as a DNA analysis to establish whether Mazonakis ever actually came into contact with them.

Nova.rs reports that the autopsy found no pre-existing heart condition that would explain the death, which the lawyer interprets as further confirmation that the death is linked to the medical procedure itself. The official cause of death has still not been determined, as toxicology and histology results are not yet complete.

The investigation also references an earlier inquiry into suspected illegal distribution of anabolic substances, in which prescriptions in Jovana Gaka’s name were reportedly found at a pharmacy. Nova.rs notes that there is, for now, no evidence linking that earlier case to the singer’s death.

Serbian outlets previously reported on the death of Giorgos Mazonakis, the Greek singer who died at 54. Now, a week later, the investigation into the circumstances of his death is turning up an increasing number of troubling details, from the conflicting statements about his arrival time to the search that, according to the investigation, was put to artificial intelligence while the drama was unfolding at the practice.