A lady who accused Wallabies star Kurtley Beale of sexually assaulting her in a rest room stall has denied utilizing the allegation to “turn the tables” in her personal relationship.
Mr Beale, 35, is dealing with 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 lady’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 toilet.
The 29-year-old lady returned to the stand on Wednesday on the third day of proof and for heated cross-examination from Mr Beale’s barrister, Margaret Cunneen SC.
Ms Cunnen advised the jury the lady used her alleged expertise with Mr Beale to get “sympathy” from her fiance, with whom she had argued earlier that morning.
“You were trying to turn the tables in your relationship so you were the victim. If you become the victim, he cannot sustain anger towards you,” Ms Cunnen stated.
The lady broke down sobbing below the extreme questioning from Ms Cunneen, who stated it was the lady’s concept for the pair to satisfy up within the toilet stall.
“It was you who took the running in all of this, this entire interaction,” Ms Cunneen stated. “It was you in control. It was you who decided what was going to happen.”
Ms Cuneen said earlier through the heated examination: “It wasn’t any question of Mr Beale getting consent from you was it? Because it was you who instigated it.”
For her half, the lady denied any flirtation with Mr Beale beforehand, unzipping his pants and performing the alleged act for about 1.5 minutes.
“You suggested it to him that you and him duck into the men’s (bathroom). You got him into the door and you said, ‘You go in first’,” Ms Cunnen advised the lady.
“He didn’t force his way into any cubicle with you, you invited him in … and it was you who closed the door.”
The lady rejected the declare, stating: “Absolutely not.”
Ms Cunneen earlier grilled the lady over her interactions on the evening of the alleged incident, together with exhibiting the previous NSW Waratah screenshots from his marriage ceremony.
The lady stated she had proven Mr Beale photographs saved on her cellphone from months prior of his marriage ceremony however denied telling the rugby star he appeared “so hot” in his swimsuit.
She was additionally questioned over whether or not it was doable she was groped by another person on the bar and denied “seeking out” Mr Beale earlier than the alleged toilet act.
Ms Cunneen earlier grilled the lady over her mindset on the evening of the alleged incident following an argument between the lady and her fiance that morning.
“You were getting pretty worried about your relationship. You were desperate to try and turn the tables … your relationship was going down the gurgler,” Ms Cuneen stated.
“You were leaving on a 9am flight the following morning to see (the fiance’s) family. You didn’t even know if you would see him before you were going to go.”
Hours earlier than arriving on the Bondi bar, the lady texted her fiance “If you hate me what’s the point” and “Do you even still want to marry me?”.
Just a minute later, the lady texted her accomplice once more with simply two query marks. About 10 minutes later, she despatched the identical message with no reply.
The lady denied trying to “smooth things over” and to “make it peaceful” together with her accomplice after arriving on the bar, prompting Ms Cuneen to state: “You cannot be serious, madam.”
The lady and her accomplice had earlier exchanged a collection of curt messages about their plans for the night during which she urged her accomplice to hitch her at a buddy’s residence.
The lady texted her accomplice that afternoon: “I would love for you to come.”
He replied a couple of minutes later with “I’m busy” and when prompted once more stated “Where mate?”
“I wish I could see you,” the lady went on to say.
Her accomplice later responded once more with “Sorry mate see you Thursday” earlier than she accused him of being “mean”.
Asked later within the night, and earlier than arriving on the bar, if she ought to cancel her flight for the next morning, the fiance stated: “Up to you, mate. You do you.”
The lady dismissed below cross-examination her personal messages about their future marriage and her accomplice’s replies as being the results of the pair’s intoxication.
The lady gave proof all through Monday and Tuesday in relation to her model of occasions and textual content messages she despatched to her sister and fiance following the alleged incident.
Under cross=examination, the lady was grilled on claims to her household that Mr Beale adopted her into the lavatory, opposite to CCTV footage.
She was additionally questioned over an argument she admitted to having together with her accomplice the morning of the alleged incident in addition to claims Mr Beale had tried to kiss her.
The jury was earlier proven CCTV footage from the evening of the alleged incident, together with the 4½ minutes the pair spent within the males’s toilet.
Source: www.news.com.au
