A witness has told a court the alleged victim approached him in a pub and said of the footballer,“He’s so hot,I wanna get with him.”
When the woman arrived at work in the hours after the alleged incident she had a puffy face and looked like she’d been crying,her former manager said.
A manager at a restaurant where the woman worked said the alleged victim told her she didn’t want to report what had happened because she didn’t want the media to know.
Matthew Mahoney said the woman accusing two footballers of raping her said she felt she wasn’t allowed to leave the unit where the incident allegedly occurred.
Troy Martin agreed that he had “deliberately lied” about what he had seen and heard in the unit where a woman claims she was raped by Jack de Belin and Callan Sinclair.
Footballer Callan Sinclair said rape allegations against him and Jack de Belin were only frightening in relation to what it would mean for the St George Illawarra star and his girlfriend,a jury has heard.
The woman was recalled to court to give evidence about the night she was allegedly assaulted by de Belin and another footballer,Callan Sinclair.
The footballers have pleaded not guilty to assaulting the woman in December 2018 and say their encounter was consensual.
The footballers are on trial in the NSW District Court accused of sexually assaulting the woman in December 2018. They have pleaded not guilty.
Experts believe the juries'indecision in the high profile cases could have a chilling effect on already low prosecution levels for sexual assault offences.
There are cultural differences that may explain why NRL players,more than in other sports,have a persistent problem. We need to investigate what's going on.