06:17 EDT, 19 April 2021
The young woman accusing football star Jack de Belin of sexual assault denies pointing the hot man out to her friend before saying I want to get with him .
After the Sydney jury watched all her evidence replayed from a first trial that could not conclude, she was recalled on Monday afternoon for further questioning by the defence for co-accused Callan Sinclair.
The 23-year-old and De Belin, 30, have pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of aggravated sexual assault over the encounter with the then 19-year-old.
The woman says she was crying and repeated stop multiple times throughout a non-consensual sexual encounter with both men at a North Wollongong unit in December 2018.
The woman allegedly raped by NRL player Jack de Belin has denied she expressed a sexual interest in the athlete beforehand.
De Belin and Callan Sinclair have pleaded not guilty to aggravated sexual assault because they insist the encounter with the then 19-year-old was consensual.
The jury has spent the last three days watching a video of the evidence she gave at the first trial last year.
Jack de Belin outside Wollongong court last year.(Kate Geraghty)
But today the woman was called back to answer questions which had arisen since.
It was put to her by Sinclair s barrister Sharyn Hall that she had asked a school friend at the bar: have you guys seen that Jack de Belin is here?
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A 19-year-old woman cried and felt “dead inside” while she was sexually assaulted by two rugby league players who cheered each other on and said “keep going”, a court has heard.
St George Illawarra NRL forward Jack de Belin and Shellharbour Sharks player Callan Sinclair are on trial in the NSW District Court accused of assaulting the woman at a North Wollongong unit in the early hours of December 9, 2018, after meeting her at a nearby nightclub during a Santa pub crawl.
Jack de Belin arrives at court on Wednesday.
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Both have pleaded not guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault. It is the second trial they have faced, after an earlier trial was unable to be concluded.
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The Dragons forward and his friend stand accused of sexually assaulting a teenager in 2018. Photo / News Corp Australia
The Dragons forward and his friend stand accused of sexually assaulting a teenager in 2018. Photo / News Corp Australia
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NRL star Jack de Belin and his mate were cheering each other on as they took turns raping a crying woman they had met during a boozy pub crawl through Wollongong, a court has been told.
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NRL player Jack de Belin didn t take no for an answer when he allegedly raped a teenager with his friend Callan Sinclair in 2018, a Sydney court has heard.
Key points:
This trial is expected to last for about three weeks
The rugby league players do not deny having sex with the woman
The pair are accused of raping the 19-year-old woman in Wollongong after a Christmas pub crawl.
Mr de Belin, 30, and Mr Sinclair, 24, have both pleaded not guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault.
The jury has been told it will hear evidence from a previous trial which did not conclude.