Fiance’s tears at assault claim
The fiance of a woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by Wallabies star Kurtley Beale in the bathroom of a Sydney bar has broken down crying in court.
Beale, 35, is facing a jury trial at Sydney’s Downing Centre Court after pleading not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent and two counts of sexual touching.
Police allege Beale groped a woman ’s bottom at the bar in Bondi on December 17, 2022, before forcing her into oral sex in the men’s bathroom.
The 29-year-old’s fiance, who cannot be named, became emotional in the witness stand on Friday as he recalled when she told him what had allegedly happened in detail.
“She told me ‘Kurtley followed me into the bathroom and pulled out his penis and tried to pushed it into my mouth, and I was pushing him away and saying no’,” he said.
The fiance told the court he had woken hungover the day after the alleged incident to his partner “bawling her eyes out”, before she boarded a flight.
He told police he received a call from the airport about the allegations, in which he told her he was “sorry for not being in a state to protect” her.
It was that call that became the centre of renewed evidence from the woman, who returned to the witness box on Friday after four gruelling days.
Under questioning from Mr Beale’s barrister, Margaret Cunneen SC, the woman said she told her partner in the call that she was “sexually assaulted or raped”, and had not provided further details.
Ms Cunnen also questioned the fiance over his recollection from the night, with the jury being told he had consumed about 40 standard drinks.
The fiance said he could not remember most of the conversations he’d had at the bar but did recall his partner telling him that Mr Beale had tried to kiss her in the bathroom.
The trial will resume Monday