The woman alleging NRL star Jack de Belin raped her has denied lying, saying she didn't remember laughing alongside the men shortly after the alleged incident.
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De Belin, 29, and Callan Sinclair, 23, have pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting the woman in a North Wollongong unit in the early hours of December 9, 2018, saying the sex was consensual.
CCTV footage of the woman, de Belin and co-accused Callan Sinclair walking towards a Wollongong nightclub shortly after the incident was shown to the District Court jury on Wednesday.
The footballer's lawyer drew attention to a section showing the woman laughing as she took a photo of de Belin and an unknown fan on a street corner.
"The position is plain, isn't it? You were happy to be there and you were happy to be with them," David Campbell SC said.
"No," the woman replied.
Mr Campbell said the laughter and photo were not mentioned in the woman's police interviews or to the court, suggesting she left it out with the knowledge it wouldn't support her allegations.
"You've told us a tale," Mr Campbell said.
"No, I have not lied," the complainant replied. "I may not have recollected everything. And as a victim, I was trying to protect myself and trying to act myself."
The St George Illawarra star and Sinclair are accused of "cheering each other on" while assaulting the tearful woman, who said they ignored her protests.
After the alleged assault, she says the men said they'd go wherever she went.
Her first opportunity to get away was while in line for the nightclub Fever as the men were distracted, she said.
After getting around a corner, she opened Instagram and messaged a male friend she knew was also out partying, the court was told.
"Help," the message read.
When asked, she told the friend she was "not that OK".
But the court heard she declined to elaborate, saying "probably something I can't tell you anyways".
"For someone to just hear it straight up, it's quite horrific," she told the court.
"What had happened to me was quite horrific and I thought I couldn't tell him at that time."
That friend's housemate then reached out on Snapchat. He'd seen the woman with de Belin and Sinclair before the alleged rape.
"The guys you saw me with just abused me," she messaged him.
The woman told the court she turned down an offer to spend the night at the friend's home, and another to smoke weed with a third person she'd messaged.
"I ended up going home to bed and crying myself to sleep," she said.
She went to police that afternoon.
Mr Campbell said his client "doesn't and never has" disputed sexual activity took place but says it was consensual.
Craig Smith SC, for Sinclair, has echoed those statements, saying there is evidence "both before and after" the incident consistent with it being consensual.
The trial continues.
Australian Associated Press
