WILLIAMSBURG — A male model with a history of physically abusing his 18-year-old ex-boyfriend violated a restraining order by approaching the teen on the L train and telling him he loved him, police said.
Police are now looking for Sotiris Panagiotopoulos-Diaz, 25, because he ignored the judge's order of protection on Nov. 15 just before 9 p.m. near the Lorimer Street station, they said.
As the train rolled up to the stop, Panagiotopoulos-Diaz approached the unsuspecting 18-year-old who was riding towards Canarsie, telling him he loved him, police said.
The teen was annoyed and scared, he later told police.
An active order of protection against Panagiotopoulos-Diaz expires in January and stemmed from a violent attack against the victim earlier this year, though police and prosecutors couldn't immediately provide further details about the original incident. Court records from the January incident were not immediately available.
Panagiotopoulos-Diaz lists himself as a model on his Instagram page but doesn't include his agency. He's described as having blue eyes and black hair and was last seen wearing a black jacket, multi-colored baseball cap and blue jeans, police said.
Anyone with information can call NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
