Papalexis

Finally, it’s Palm Beach bizman Thanos Papalexis’ turn to talk.

Six weeks after the start of his murder trial in London, Papalexis and his defense attorneys started presenting his side Friday.

In a statement to a jury convened at the Old Bailey courthouse, Papalexis denied taking part in the murder of a caretaker nicknamed Bambi, a man who wouldn’t leave a London warehouse that Papalexis bought to develop into luxury apartments.

“I have no knowledge or involvement in that murder,” Papalexis said, according to a pool report by the Press Association. “If I had any idea about what had gone on, I would have called the authorities. There would be no possibility of me getting involved with anybody who did that.”

Two other men described as Papalexis’ henchmen are also on trial.

At home in the Palm Beach area less than a year ago, the British citizen parlayed his claims of being a wealthy entrepreneur into hosting former Pres. Bill Clinton for a political fundraiser.

By then, Papalexis was trying to start a luxury fractional club. But without enough cash but with lawsuits mounting, he eventually failed.

He was arrested in November by the US Marshals during lunch at a downtown West Palm Beach terrace. By Christmas, he was extradited.

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Investigators described the killing of Charalambos Christodoulides, 55, in 2000 as particularly heinous. The victim was tortured and stabbed, with blood spattered on whitewashed walls, then left for dead in a garage pit.

Papalexis said he had no beef with Christodoulides who, like Papalexis, was of Greek descent.

“I had never met him or spoken to him,” Papalexis told the court. “The two of us had never met. I had never seen him.”

Papalexis’ lawyers, meanwhile, will have a rough go of it.

It is no secret among Papalexis’ coterie of hangers-out in this area that he sought to avoid British authorities. At times of disagreements, Papalexis often hinted at his involvement with a murder in order to scare folks. Court officials are planning to fly in several Palm Beach area residents to testify to that.

A former Papalexis girlfriend, Miami-Palm Beach porn star Rebecca DeFalco, already testified in court earlier this month that he confessed to her during pillow talk.

The trial is scheduled to continue well into September, according to a court watcher in London. Papalexis faces life in prison.