A girl who claims she was sexually assaulted by Jarryd Hayne was constantly messaging another man the identical day asking him to go and see her in any other case she “would get Jarryd Hayne to come back over”, his trial was told.
While the previous NRL star has confronted three prison trials within the NSW District Court over allegations he sexually assaulted a lady at her Newcastle house, this was the primary time a jury has heard from Steven Page.
Mr Page was the ultimate witness on the 11-day retrial and the one witness within the defence case.
He gave proof through AVL for simply 20 minutes, the place he told the court docket he had met the girl 3 times earlier than September 30, 2018.
On that day – the identical day she alleges she was sexually assaulted by Mr Hayne – the girl had been contacting the person “frequently” as he had lunch and dinner with mates.
Mr Hayne pleaded not responsible to 2 counts of sexual activity with out consent regarding the oral and digital penetration of the then 26-year-old girl.
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.
Mr Hayne claims they engaged in consensual sexual acts however the jury favoured Hayne.
The main distinction on this trial was Mr Page being a brand new witness.
During his proof, Mr Page told the court docket he shared screenshots of the conversations he had with the girl together with his roommate as he thought it “was a joke”.
Defence barrister Margaret Cunneen SC took the witness via screenshots of the alternate, with the jury listening to the accuser despatched him a message which mentioned “you have got made me really feel f***ing horrible at present bye” with a waving emoji.
When the person was requested why he would obtain that kind of message he mentioned: “I didn’t wish to go see her”.
Ms Cunneen mentioned the girl then wrote: “Are you going to speak to me, in any other case I gained’t … no less than reply me and cease being a d**okay”.
The defence barrister requested why the girl wrote that.
“Prior to that message she was saying if I didn’t go see her she would get Jarryd Hayne to come back over,” the person told the court docket.
The jury was told Mr Page then wrote to the girl: “You truthfully misplaced me at Jarryd Hayne is your facet boy”.
Ms Cunneen told the jury the girl denied Mr Hayne was her “facet boy”.
“He isn’t. He contacted me final night time and requested for my quantity and rang me, I told him no,” the textual content to Mr Page mentioned.
Mr Page mentioned he had stopped speaking to the girl that day however she continued to ship much more messages which learn: “You mentioned possibly, so I’m asking for those who’re not? I really feel like a f***ing fool, are you coming over?”
Another message mentioned: “Ok, if we aren’t going to maintain speaking, I’m going to say sure to Jarryd Hayne coming right here to hang around when he’s achieved together with his mates; in any other case I gained’t let him.”
“Omg (sic) get me his signature babe xx,” Mr Page responded earlier than saying: “I by no means mentioned I used to be coming over”.
The girl then wrote: “You’re an a**gap, don’t communicate to me once more.”
Mr Page told the court docket he was joking within the remaining textual content message he despatched as a result of he didn’t take the girl severely.
He described her as being “aggressive”.
“All I can recall was simply feeling like she was being aggressive and he or she was simply messaging me continuous speaking to herself,” Mr Page mentioned.
The jury was told the girl despatched an additional six messages to Mr Page.
She continued to ask if he was coming over earlier than saying “cease speaking to me altogether” and calling him a jerk.
The girl additionally mentioned his lack of reply was making her “upset” and “bringing me down so badly”.
“You mentioned possibly so I’m asking for those who’re not, … I really feel like a f**king fool … are you coming over … okay (sic) … if we aren’t going to maintain speaking I’m going to say sure to Jarryd,” extra messages learn.
Mr Page told the court docket the messages had been unfold over many hours from earlier than lunch proper via till about 8pm.
He told the court docket the final message would have been acquired about 8pm.
The jury was beforehand told Mr Hayne arrived on the girl’s home at 9.07pm.
Ms Cunneen told the court docket Mr Page’s proof solely got here to mild when he made contact with Mr Hayne’s authorized workforce throughout a earlier trial.
The court docket heard police didn’t know in regards to the girl’s alternate with Mr Page throughout their preliminary investigation into the alleged sexual assault.
Mr Page solely gave a press release to police in March this 12 months.
In his closing tackle Crown prosecutor John Sfinas mentioned the jury “little comes” of Mr Page’s proof as the girl was at all times “forthright” about her intentions with Mr Hayne.
Mr Sfinas mentioned the girl was keen to say no to Mr Hayne in favour of seeing Mr Page.
“What does she say in regards to the accused? In response to ‘You truthfully misplaced me at Jarryd Hayne is your sideboy’ she says: ‘he isn’t, he contacted me final night time … I mentioned no’,” Mr Sfinas told the jury.
“The crown says that’s compelling proof … she was not fully obsessed or wedded to the concept she would see the accused.”
Mr Sfinas told the court docket the girl was “demonstrating a level of indifference, a desire to spend time with another person”.
While the girl had been open to the potential of having intercourse with Mr Hayne, Mr Sfinas told the court docket there have been “defining moments” that “dissolved the chance”.
But Ms Cunneen mentioned in her closing tackle it was the girl’s try at “curating” the proof in favour of herself.
“She is curating the proof to assist herself on this matter,” she told the jury.
“You is perhaps very involved that with this crafting of the proof, does that have an effect on your evaluation of her capability to fill within the blanks, or depart materials out or to make the proof that she thinks will help herself on this case?”
She told the court docket police had been “by no means conscious” of communications the girl had Mr Page and another girl main as much as the alleged incident.
Ms Cunneen mentioned it was an space of proof the “police had no thought about” till earlier court docket proceedings.
“Mr Hayne was charged, the prison justice course of was going down from 2018 because the productive years of his profession ebbed away,” she mentioned.
“A few years later it’s discovered that this chronology that we now have right here was initially a lot shorter in three very distinct respects.”
She mentioned the police by no means knew about communications the girl had with another man, which indicated her “way of thinking”.
“You can see in the long run, she intentionally curated the fabric that she gave to the police,” Ms Cunneen mentioned.
“If Mr Hayne had dedicated these dreadful crimes, why would she be deleting any of those messages?”
Mr Hayne was discovered responsible after the jury deliberated for six days.
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