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The pal of a lady former NRL participant Jarryd Hayne is accused of sexually assaulting informed her “that is rape” after studying a message about their interplay.
Hayne, 35, has pleaded not responsible to 2 counts of sexual activity with out consent and is dealing with his third trial over the allegation within the NSW District Court docket.
The lady he’s accused of performing non-consensual oral and digital intercourse upon can’t be recognized.
Hayne attended her suburban Newcastle dwelling on NRL grand closing night time in 2018.
She was residing there together with her mom after being launched from hospital the earlier month and began messaging Hayne on social media about two weeks earlier than.
Hayne left a taxi and a half-drunk bottle of alcohol ready outdoors as he went into the home, the court docket has heard.
It is alleged he pulled the lady’s denims off and carried out the intercourse acts on her for about 30 seconds earlier than she began to bleed.
The lady texted her pal after Hayne left and he or she gave proof on Friday.
“It did not seem to be it was consensual from what she mentioned to me,” she mentioned.
She informed the lady in a message shortly after the alleged assault “should you saved saying no… that is rape”.
“You informed her that it is rape?” Hayne’s barrister Margaret Cunneen SC requested.
“Sure, in reply to her message, the place she clearly informed me she mentioned no,” she mentioned.
A second witness who communicated with Hayne’s alleged sufferer on social media for about six months however by no means met her, additionally informed the court docket on Friday what the lady mentioned to her following his go to.
“She mentioned to me Jarryd had come over, paid for a taxi driver to remain out the entrance and it was actually rushed, after which he left,” Newcastle-based solicitor Monique Smiles mentioned.
Ms Smiles informed the court docket she didn’t discover the messages regarding and the lady had not informed her about any damage, bleeding or issues performed towards her will.
“Following that I did say phrases to the impact of, ‘what do you anticipate?’. I feel she responded ‘you have been proper’, that was just about the whole lot of the dialog.”
The lady had earlier informed her she was texting with Hayne and Ms Smiles had discouraged her from having relationships with “footballers”.
Choose Graham Turnbull SC informed the jury to be cautious of such “commentary” in relation to the trial.
“We’re not right here to take care of stereotypes,” he reminded them once more as they have been dismissed on Friday afternoon.
The trial resumes on Monday.
– AAP
