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Right-wing Greek pol sues woman he slapped on TV
June 11, 2012
(AP) ATHENS, Greece - The spokesman for Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party, who caused uproar last week by slapping one female politician and throwing a glass of water on another on live TV, sued the two women Monday as well as the television channel that hosted the news show.

Ilias Kasidiaris, 31, appeared at an Athens court to submit lawsuits against Communist Party candidate Liana Kanelli and Syriza party member Rena Dourou for unprovoked insults and against Antenna television for illegal detention.

Authorities had issued an arrest warrant for Kasidiaris after he threw water over Dourou and then slapped Kanelli
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