14 DAY TRIAL // Twenty-nine-year-old ballet dancer, Pavel Dmitrichenko was found guilty of organizing and attacking Bolshoi's artistic director Sergey Filin, after being held in pre-trial since March. The man who stood behind the attack that permanently scarred the famous director said he merely wanted “to warn” and not cause life-long consequences.
The mastermind behind the sulphuric acid attack didn't act alone, having two co-workers as accomplices, in “warning Sergey” that they did not agree with his ways of directing. The two co-defendants were also found guilty in the high profile case, RT News notes.
After planning the attack, Dmitrichenko sent his accomplices Yory Zarutsky and Andrey Lipatov to Sergey's house. Lipatov confessed to driving Zarutsky to the scene and, according to officials, Yory cornered the victim near his house and threw acid in his face. Zarutzky insisted that he acted independently and that the other two parties had nothing to do with the attack.
The famous Bolshoi Ballet dancer was allegedly annoyed by the director's refusal to promote his girlfriend, Anzhelina Vorontsova. The lack of understanding Sergey showed towards Anzhelina's career led Dmitrichenko to act out of anger, “I masterminded this attack, but not to the extent it eventually happened,” Pavel confessed after the happening.
Filin suffered numerous complications after the acid severely damaged his sight, skin and internal organs. After having sulphuric acid poured on his face, the famous ballet director was left alone in the snow to struggle with the excruciating pain.
Bolshoi's artistic director had to endure several surgeries to restore his sight, but even so he cannot enjoy the full pleasures of sight and insists that the guilty parties should pay accordingly.
The Bolshoi Ballet drama exposed numerous inside scandals that were covered from the public's eye, including accusations of bribes asked for major parts. Some of the company's most famous artists quit in order to avoid associations with the scandals.
Even if the theater's Director Vladimir Urin has been supporting the investigation and did everything in his power to manage the scandal, the company is severely unstable and, with so many artists missing, it could see a difficult recovery.