“Alexander hit Solovchuk with his hand. Did not see which part, but it was two times. I do not know why this happened. Sanya is a good guy, he just wouldn't do anything. He didn’t hit Solovchuk on his head, I can’t imagine anything like that, ”Kuropatkin said.
On the eve, Kokorin did not plead guilty in hooliganism and beating Solovchuk.
On October 11, 2018, Pavel Mamaev, Alexander Kokorin, his brother Kirill and Alexander Protasovitsky were arrested on charges of beating Denis Pak, the head of the department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as well as TV host Olga Ushakova, Vitaly Solovchuk. Since then, they have been in jail.
On April 3, their detention was extended until September 25. On April 8, the defense filed an appeal against the court decision.
Earlier, witness Kuropatkin confirmed that Kokorin was sitting on his knees.