A young woman has been quizzed about her intentions to take drugs before she was allegedly raped by NRL player Jack de Belin and his friend Callan Sinclair after a night out in 2018.
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De Belin's defence lawyer David Campbell spent much of his second day of cross-examination during the NSW District Court trial in Wollongong asking the woman to explain when and why she sent a message to her friend saying, "let's get high".
The Crown alleges de Belin, 29, and Sinclair, 23, raped the woman, then aged 19, on December 9, 2018 following a night out at Mr Crown nightclub.
The men have pleaded not guilty to five charges of aggravated sexual assault on the grounds that the sex was consensual.
In her evidence in chief on Tuesday, the woman told the court she was "not into drugs" and had only had one puff of marijuana when she was 17 years old.
Under cross-examination on Thursday, she said she could not remember what she was thinking at the time that prompted her to say, "let's get high".
"Is there anything further that you want to tell us about why you sent the message you did outside of Mr Crown?" Mr Campbell asked.
"No I do not remember what context I was thinking that night to send that message," the woman said.
"I do not remember or recall that message that was sent. I'm very sorry, I do not remember my state of mind during that message."
Mr Campbell went on to suggest to the woman that she was on a "journey to engage in some consensual activity with these two men" while in a tuk tuk and she sent a message to her friend asking to get high after she finished.
The woman denied engaging in consensual intercourse and wanting to get high after.
"No, that is not true," she said. "I never consented to going to that place (townhouse). I didn't have the chance to get away."
Last week the woman gave a written statement to police saying she sent the message "let's get high" because "I wanted to stop feeling. I had just been through something traumatic. I felt like my body had been treated like an object and no matter how many times I said no, I was treated badly. I just didn't want to feel anymore."
"I thought I sent that message after 2am," the woman explained. "I didn't know I sent it earlier. I'm very sorry my memory recollection of those text messages are not exactly to what was said."
Meanwhile, the jury were played footage of the young woman leaving the line at Fever Nightclub, where the trio ended up after the alleged rape.
She was seen to touch Sinclair's arm before she walks away, around the corner, orders an Uber and eventually gets in the car.
Mr Campbell asked the woman why she did not immediately order an Uber if she feared for her safety and wanted to get away from the men.
"I don't remember, it was two years ago," the woman said.
Mr Campbell went on to suggest the woman only left the line at Fever Nightclub after receiving a response from her friend saying "let's do it now, come to mine", referring to getting high.
"No that is not correct," the woman replied.
The trial continues.
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