The brother-in-law of a lady who alleged she was sexually assaulted by former NRL star Jarryd Hayne approached sport journalist Danny Weidler earlier than reporting the matter to the Integrity Unit, a court docket has been instructed.
The NSW District Court retrial of the two-time Dally M winner entered its fourth day on Thursday after he pleaded not responsible to 2 counts of sexual activity with out consent.
He denies sexually assaulting the girl at her house in Fletcher, on Newcastle’s outskirts in September 2018, on the night time of the NRL Grand Final.
Mr Hayne, 35, is accused of being “forceful” and “rough” and inflicting two lacerations and substantial bleeding throughout the transient sexual encounter with the girl, however he claims she consented to the acts.
He is accused of pulling off the girl’s pants earlier than allegedly performing oral and digital sexual acts on her with out her consent, inflicting cuts and substantial bleeding.
Her greatest good friend took her to see a health care provider on October 3, simply three days after she was allegedly sexually assaulted, with the physician suggesting she make an nameless report back to police.
The lady didn’t need to report it, and saved the incident to herself for a number of weeks, solely telling a choose group of family and friends.
But on October 30, the court docket was instructed she broke down and known as her sister, revealing what had occurred.
Her sister instructed the court docket she was “upset” when she discovered her sister prevented telling her of the allegations for a month however lastly opened up throughout a FaceTime name.
“(She) had obviously been crying, her eyes were quite puffy and she was visibly upset,” the sister instructed the court docket.
“She said that Jarryd Hayne had come over … he was a bit of an ‘a**hole and had a taxi waiting the whole time’.”
“She had said ‘no it’s not, I don’t know’. She seemed to be flustered and that upset me,” the sister mentioned.
When requested if she instructed her sister to go to the police, she mentioned she tried, however the lady “didn’t want to” as a result of she was scared.
The sister instructed the court docket she instructed one different individual in regards to the allegations – her husband, who mentioned he would take the matter “into his own hands”.
Her brother-in-law, a eager NRL fan, took to the witness stand on Thursday afternoon the place he instructed the court docket he had been instructed by his spouse, who’s the sister of the alleged sufferer, she had been “raped”.
“(Her sister) said she’d been raped by Jarryd Hayne on grand final night,” he instructed the court docket.
He then rang Channel 9 journalist Danny Weidler, who instructed the household to name the Karen Murphy on the NRL Integrity Unit, the place authorities then grew to become concerned.
The brother-in-law instructed the court docket he needed to inform the alleged sufferer “not to be angry” with him.
When questioned by Mr Hayne’s defence barrister Margaret Cunneen SC about why he didn’t go straight to police, the person instructed the court docket he wished to.
“That would have been my first preference but my wife told me (the woman) wouldn’t go,” he mentioned.
The trial continues earlier than Judge Graham Turnbull.
Source: www.foxsports.com.au