The fiance of a girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by Wallabies star Kurtley Beale within the lavatory of a Sydney bar has damaged down crying in courtroom.
Mr Beale, 35, is going through a jury trial at Sydney’s Downing Centre Court after pleading not responsible to sexual activity with out consent and two counts of sexual touching.
Police allege Mr Beale groped a girl’s backside on the Beach Road bar in Bondi on December 17, 2022, earlier than forcing her into oral intercourse in a stall within the males’s lavatory.
The fiance, who can’t be named, turned emotional within the witness stand on Friday as he recalled when she advised him what had allegedly occurred intimately.
“She told me ‘Kurtley followed me into the bathroom and pulled out his penis and tried to pushed it into my mouth, and I was pushing him away and saying no’,” he stated.
Under cross-examination, he later added: “She also said during the night that Kurtley was grabbing her on the arse a few times and she was pushing his hand away”.
Mr Beale’s barrister, Margaret Cunneen SC, questioned the fiance over his recollection from the evening, with the jury being advised he had consumed about 40 commonplace drinks.
The fiance stated he couldn’t bear in mind many of the conversations he’d had on the bar however did recall his associate telling him that Mr Beale had tried to kiss her within the lavatory.
The following morning, the fiance advised the courtroom he had woken hungover to his associate “bawling her eyes out” earlier than she boarded a flight later that morning to Queensland.
In his assertion, the fiance stated he had acquired a cellphone name from his associate from the airport concerning the allegations by which he advised her he was “sorry for not being in a state to protect” her.
It was that decision that turned the centre of renewed proof from the alleged sufferer who returned to the witness field on Friday after 4 gruelling days of examination and cross examination.
Under questioning from Ms Cunneen, the lady stated she had advised her associate within the name that she was “sexually assaulted or raped” and had not offered any additional particulars concerning the allegations.
“You’re really not sure what you told (your fiance),” Ms Cunneen advised the lady. “You insist you said you were sexually assaulted or raped?”
The girl replied: “Correct.”
The fiance additionally admitted underneath cross-examination to being “very hurt” after an argument with the lady on the morning of the alleged incident however debated being “deeply distressed”.
In her proof, the lady claimed Mr Beale had been “forceful” and “desperate” and had requested for intercourse earlier than barging in on her within the males’s stall and locking the door.
In cross-examination, Ms Cunneen prompt to the lady she as a substitute was the one “in control” of the sexual encounter and had used the allegation to get sympathy for her fiance.
The trial will resume on Monday
Source: www.news.com.au
