An alleged rape victim has strongly rejected claims she had consensual sex with NRL Dragons player Jack de Belin and his friend Callan Sinclair following a night out in December 2018.
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The woman was questioned about the events at the Gipps Street townhouse by de Belin's defence lawyer David Campbell on Monday during the second week of the NSW District Court trial in Wollongong.
St George Illawarra Dragons player Jack de Belin, 29, and Shellharbour Sharks player Callan Sinclair, 23, are accused of raping the then 19-year-old woman in a North Wollongong townhouse after they left CBD nightclub Mr Crown.
The men have pleaded not guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault and claim their sexual intercourse was consensual.
The Crown alleges the woman thought the trio were going to Fever Nightclub after they left Mr Crown but while they were in a tuk-tuk, de Belin told the rider to change directions and they were driven to Gipps Street, where they exited the bike taxi.
De Belin told the woman "I'm going to my place, we need to charge our phones" before the trio walked to a townhouse complex and climbed over the metal fence.
The woman said she would stay outside the unit, however, entered as she needed to use the bathroom.
Mr Campbell suggested to the woman that she started kissing Sinclair in the bedroom moments after de Belin walked naked into the ensuite bathroom to have a shower while she was on the toilet.
"No I never kissed Callan," the woman replied.
Mr Campbell then suggested the woman undid her top herself rather than as she claimed de Belin did before pushing her onto the bed.
"No, why would I do that to someone I have never met before?" she said.
"I suggest to you that Mr de Belin joined in kissing you...on the breasts," Mr Campbell said.
"I don't know if he did...all I remember is him putting his penis inside of me."
Sinclair's defence lawyer Craig Smith also questioned the woman and suggested his client "complimented" her body and did not say "you have a nice rack".
"No they did say that," she said.
Mr Campbell went on to suggest that the woman then saw another man come to the bedroom door, prompting de Belin to leave for a short time, then come back in.
The woman said she never saw another man in the house nor did de Belin leave the room.
Mr Campbell also suggested that the sexual relationship with the men started after the woman made a 'v' symbol using her fingers over her mouth and sticking her tongue out while at the club.
"No," the woman replied.
"Then I suggest they had consensual sex with you?" Mr Campbell asked
"Nothing was consensual."
Mr Campbell claimed the woman had consensually given one of the men oral sex while the other was having vaginal sex with her, before the men swapped positions.
"No," the woman replied. "He (de Belin) forced his penis inside my mouth. It was not consensual. I did not give him a blow job."
Mr Smith suggested the woman said "yes, yes" during the intercourse to which she replied, "no, I said 'no, stop'."
The woman also rejected claims that de Belin was "sorry" for trying to have anal sex with her as he did not stop the alleged rape but rather continued to have vaginal sex with her, she told the court.
Mr Campbell suggested de Belin at no point grabbed the woman around her neck and choked her.
"He did. I did feel his hands around my neck," the woman replied.
Mr Campbell went on to suggest the woman had consented to the intercourse with de Belin on the ottoman before he ejaculated.
"Nothing was consensual on that night. Nothing," the woman said.
Mr Smith also suggested the woman asked de Belin following the intercourse about his girlfriend, to which de Belin replied, "it's ok, me and my girlfriend are on the rocks".
"No he never said that," the woman replied.
The trial continues.