Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne had simply paid a taxi $550 to drive him to Sydney after a buck’s weekend when he determined to make a detour to meet up with a girl he had been chatting with on Instagram for 2 weeks.
As he approached the home on Newcastle’s western outskirts at 9.07pm on September 30, 2018, he’s stated to have positioned a half-drunk Vodka Cruiser bottle on the letterbox and approached the door.
While inside, Hayne would sing an Ed Sheeran cowl of Oasis’ Wonderwall within the hope of “breaking the ice” with a then 26-year-old lady he hoped to have intercourse with in a “best-case state of affairs”.
But when he emerged 46 minutes later, he left the younger lady in her room with blood on her bedspread and painful accidents to her vagina.
Communications between the pair started two weeks earlier than the fateful evening the girl was sexually assaulted.
In a Snapchat trade later recorded by police, Hayne vehemently denied the allegations.
He was accused of pulling off the girl’s pants earlier than performing oral and digital sexual acts on her with out her consent, inflicting cuts and substantial bleeding.
Hayne claims they engaged in consensual sexual acts however the jury favoured the prosecution.
Here is a timeline of the whole lot main up to and after the essential 46 minutes on September 30, 2018.
September 17, 2018: The lady, who can’t be named for authorized causes, initiates the dialog with Hayne on Instagram two weeks earlier than they meet in individual on the evening of the assault.
In her first message, she wrote: “You are completely beautiful.”
September 18, 2018: “Price it,” got here Hayne’s reply.
The lady replied: “Do you suppose I’m an escort or one thing (emoji) as a result of I’m not.”
Later within the dialog she advised him: “I’m not going to lie … I imagined what it could be like to be f**king you while you began speaking.”
She apologised earlier than Hayne responded: “Very steamy.”
In the weeks main up to the weekend of September 29 and 30, 2018, the pair exchanged “flirty” Snapchats and Instagram messages.
The court docket was advised Hayne despatched the girl movies of himself singing on Snapchat, and she or he despatched him photos in her underwear.
September 22, 2018: The court docket was advised the alleged sufferer despatched “raunchy” selfies to Hayne at his request.
On September 22, she requested when he could be free to come see her.
The court docket was advised the pair have been in contact “in all probability each second day” within the lead-up to the buck’s weekend.
September 29, 2018: Hayne jumps in a automotive and heads north on the M1 to Newcastle with a mate.
While within the automotive he made a number of posts to social media, sending some movies and pictures to the girl alerting her he could be in Newcastle for the weekend.
Hayne advised the girl he was planning to depart on Sunday evening and she or he tried to organise a time and place to meet.
In prerecorded proof performed to the court docket, Hayne stated he started his weekend at a golf course earlier than heading to the clubhouse the place the occasion drank and “sat on the pokies”.
The former NRL star described his reminiscence as “blurry”, however he had a barbecue about 6pm on the Saturday earlier than the group “went into city”.
Hayne invited the sufferer out and advised her to carry a pal however she declined.
About 10.11pm, the girl requested if Hayne would keep in Newcastle on the Sunday evening to see her, however he stated he had to return dwelling.
She requested: “Coffee within the morning?”
Hayne advised the court docket he referred to as her shortly earlier than 1am however couldn’t bear in mind what was stated.
The lady texted him: “Your cellphone’s f**ked, I’m seeing you earlier than you go tomorrow okay, morning espresso or breakfast, associates welcome, evening.”
September 30, 2018 – Morning: The lady texted Hayne the next morning: “Where’s my espresso?”
Hayne advised the court docket he defined to her that he was returning to Sydney later that day.
But he first went to paintball earlier than happening a pub crawl with the group that left him “fairly intoxicated”.
Midday: The jury heard recent proof from one other man the girl had been texting on the identical day as Hayne.
The man obtained a message early on Sunday that stated: “You have made me really feel f**king horrible in the present day bye” with a waving emoji.
He advised the court docket he obtained the textual content as a result of he “didn’t need to go see her”.
The jury was advised the girl then wrote: “Are you going to discuss to me, in any other case I received’t … a minimum of reply me and cease being a d**ok.”
The man wrote: “You actually misplaced me at Jarryd Hayne is your aspect boy.”
The lady continued to ask if the person could be coming over earlier than saying she felt “like a f**king fool”.
She messaged once more: “Okay (sic) when you aren’t going to say sure then I’ll say sure to Jarryd Hayne.”
“Omg (sic) get me his signature babe xx,” the person responded.
The lady stated she was feeling like an fool: “Are you coming over … I’m going to say sure to Jarryd … you don’t have to come right here you’ll be ages … you’re being a jerk.
“You stated perhaps so i’m asking when you’re not … I really feel like a f**king fool … are you coming over … ok (sic) … if we aren’t going to hold speaking I’m going to say sure to Jarryd,” extra messages learn.
Evening: The man advised the court docket the girl saved texting from earlier than lunch till about 8pm and she or he was being “aggressive”.
The jury was advised the girl despatched six extra messages, together with “what have I achieved now”, “you’re a jerk” and one that stated she was “upset”.
7.31pm: Hayne calls the girl for one minute and 45 seconds.
He advised the court docket he stated one thing alongside the strains of “I’m going again to Sydney the place do you reside, when you’re on the best way to the freeway I’ll pop in”.
7.36pm: Five minutes later, Hayne obtained a textual content with the girl’s tackle.
Hayne advised the court docket he “stated goodbye to the boys” and waited exterior for the taxi to arrive.
“The boys have been making an attempt to persuade me to keep … however I assumed nah I’ll positively go dwelling,” he stated.
The jury was advised Hayne then paid a taxi driver $550 to drive him again to Sydney whereas stopping on the lady’s home alongside the best way to “choose up a bag”.
He made his approach to the girl’s home, sitting within the again seat of the taxi and consuming a four-pack of Vodka Cruisers.
“I walked in direction of the home and I put (the half-empty bottle) on the letterbox,” Hayne stated.
9.07pm: Hayne arrived on the lady’s home, telling taxi driver Helen Morel he could be “a couple of minutes”.
When he arrived, the girl opened the door and led him into her bed room.
Hayne laid down and requested for her laptop computer. He placed on an Ed Sheeran cowl of Oasis’s Wonderwall and sang alongside.
The court docket was advised the girl discovered it “fairly awkward”.
When requested about his intentions whereas on the best way to the girl’s home, Hayne stated he “wasn’t positive” however he knew the girl was “eager” as she had been sending him “flirty messages”.
“It was up within the air, best-case state of affairs I’d be having intercourse along with her, worst-case state of affairs I get to introduce myself,” he advised the court docket throughout his prerecorded proof.
The jury was advised the girl requested Hayne why there was a taxi, however he didn’t reply.
According to the Crown, she stated in her proof: “My coronary heart dropped as a result of I felt like he had solely come there for one factor.”
She stated the taxi’s presence made her really feel like “absolute crap” and “unhappy and silly for flirting with him to begin”.
9.27pm: Taxi driver Helen Morel knocked on the door, asking how lengthy Hayne could be.
The court docket was advised the girl’s mom answered the door earlier than knocking on her daughter’s bed room door.
Hayne briefly went exterior the place he advised Ms Morel he could be a short while as he was nonetheless ready for the bag to be dropped off.
The lady’s mom gave proof that her daughter got here out of her room and stated there was “no approach” she could be having intercourse with Hayne.
When he got here again inside, as an alternative of going to the girl’s room on the entrance of the home, Hayne walked straight previous the doorway, down the hallway to the lounge room the place her mom was watching the closing phases of the Sydney Roosters’ grand remaining victory over the Melbourne Storm.
He finally made his approach again to the bed room the place he positioned the knee of his 104kg body on the mattress and broke a slat.
According to the girl, he then forcibly kissed her and pushed her head into the pillow.
Crown prosecutor John Sfinas advised the court docket the girl felt overpowered, with Hayne pulling off her denims earlier than sexually assaulting her regardless of the girl saying “no” and “cease”.
But in accordance to the NRL star, the girl kissed him again and stood up earlier than taking off her personal pants.
She described his actions as “forceful”, “quick” and “tough” as he carried out oral and digital intercourse on her, including she stated “no” and “no Jarryd” about three or 4 instances.
Hayne claimed the girl responded to the sexual acts, saying he took her “heavy respiration” as a superb signal.
He solely stopped once they realised the girl was bleeding from her genitalia.
The former footy star rushed to the lavatory to wash his fingers as the girl acquired within the bathe to clear off the blood, feeling “swelling” and “stinging” on her genitalia.
9.53: Hayne leaves the girl’s home, picks up the half-finished drink from the mailbox and will get again into the cab to head again to Sydney.
The lady went into her mom’s room, telling her Hayne left as a result of he suffered a nosebleed.
10.13: The lady texted Hayne 20 minutes after he left, saying she “didn’t need to do that”.
She wrote: “I’m hurting a lot.”
“I do know I’ve talked about intercourse and stuff a lot however I didn’t need to do that after figuring out the taxi was ready for you,” one other textual content stated.
“I assumed you’d have a minimum of stayed? I’m hurting actually badly … I’m sitting right here in my room crying trigger I really feel bizarre.”
Hayne responded: “Go physician tomorrow.”
11pm: In the hours after the incident, the girl took an image of her genitalia and forwarded the picture to her finest pal.
She advised her pal Hayne “began being actually pushy like he needed to have intercourse and I saved saying no”.
The lady stated she thought Mr Hayne “needed to get the f**ok out of right here”, saying the “complete state of affairs was bizarre”.
“That’s like sliced in all places,” the girl responded.
The finest pal wrote to the girl: “If you saved saying no and now that’s occurred, that’s rape.
“You stated he didn’t even ask for forgiveness, simply ‘go to a health care provider’, he’s a c**t.
“Can’t consider he didn’t even ask for forgiveness.”
October 1, 2018: The lady comes clear to her mom about what occurred.
The mom advised the court docket her daughter stated she “hadn’t needed to do something and stated no”, and Hayne was “overpowering”.
October 3, 2018: The lady went to see her GP concerning the accidents to her vagina.
Evidence from the girl’s GP was learn to the court docket throughout the trial that revealed she met with the sufferer simply three days after the assault.
The court docket was advised the GP examined the girl’s vagina and will see raised tissue and a “lumpy space” the place the harm had been.
The GP stated she “hadn’t seen” an harm like the girl’s earlier than.
She advised the court docket she had accomplished a pap smear on the sufferer weeks earlier than the incident and noticed no points.
The GP had assessed the accidents and mentioned the choice of reporting the incident to police, however the lady stated she didn’t need to.
The court docket was advised the girl didn’t need to report the matter to police as she didn’t suppose “she might cope with any media consideration”.
October 30, 2018: After a month of maintaining the information to a choose group of household and associates, the girl broke down and advised her sister of the incident.
The sister advised one different individual concerning the allegations – her husband, who stated he would take the matter “into his personal fingers”.
The brother-in-law then acquired involved with Channel 9 journalist Danny Weidler, who advised him to go to the NRL Integrity Unit.
November 2, 2018: The complainant went again to her GP to revise her notes from her go to on October 3.
November 6, 2018: Police met with the complainant and she or he supplied her first assertion in relation to the matter.
November 7, 2018: Walkthrough of the complainant’s home with police.
November 12, 2018: The lady attended a session with Dr Maria Nittis.
The physician additionally studied pictures of the girl’s genitalia, discovering she had suffered two lacerations brought on by the pores and skin “stretching” past its means to accomplish that.
“It’s a blunt power harm that’s typically prompted in a single of two methods, both as a result of the pores and skin has been stretched past its capability and it due to this fact tears or it has been crushed,” Dr Nittis stated throughout the trial.
“It’s positively been brought on by penetration.
“It might be by a finger, fingers or hand, it might be by an object, it might be a penis.”
At the time Dr Nittis examined the sufferer, she nonetheless had a raised lump of tissue, which she described as a “tag”.
November 14, 2018: The lady messaged Hayne on Snapchat as police watched on.
“I assumed you’d have a minimum of requested whether or not I’m OK or not by now?” the girl wrote within the Snapchat message.
Hayne replied: “You stated you have been OK final time we spoke?”
“I don’t bear in mind what I stated however you knew I positively wasn’t OK from the harm that evening and also you simply left me that approach,” the girl stated.
“It was fairly tousled and it is best to have simply stopped after I stated so.”
Hayne maintained they engaged in consensual intercourse: “Wtf are you on about!!!”
“I ended right away n made positive your have been OK. We spoke for some time after n made positive you have been OK be4 I left. Your beginning to sound suss.”
November 15, 2018: Hayne is contacted by the NRL Integrity Unit for the primary time concerning the allegations.
A cellphone faucet was performed to the court docket from NRL Integrity Unit chief investigator Karyn Murphy to Hayne.
“Hi Jarryd, it’s Karyn Murphy,” she stated.
“Um, I used to be simply questioning when you might give me a name while you get this message, I simply want to discuss to you about, um, a matter.”
In the hours following, Hayne made and obtained a number of calls that have been recorded by police.
A “weirdo” and “cuckoo” is how he described the girl, persevering with to proclaim his innocence.
“Who’s this sheila popping out saying one thing about ya?” NRL participant Mitchell Pearce requested.
“Oh she’s, f**ok, she’s from Newie, bro,” Hayne stated earlier than asking his former NSW Origin teammate to ask his Knights teammates concerning the lady.
Hayne added: “She was filthy trigger the cab was out the entrance. I stated, ‘Oh effectively, mate, I’m solely going to be right here for, you already know, a short while’.”
To one other pal, he described the girl as “a younger cow simply carrying on”.
“Like she’s f**king texting me. I believe she began to like me or one thing, then as a result of I brushed her, f**king blowing up.”
He added: “You communicate to them for a bit, they get hooked up and so they suppose f**king … Well mate, you f**king messaged me off Instagram, you fool.
“Then trigger I’ve flicked her, she’s blown up.”
November 19, 2018: Hayne is arrested at Ryde police station.
November 20, 2018: The alleged sufferer messaged a pal on social media asking if she remembers about when she advised her the small print of the alleged incident.
The pal stated no because the messages have been over Snapchat.
The complainant requested her to “not inform anybody” her identify.
“The police haven’t launched their assertion but and other people and media are simply making up their very own tales,” the complainant wrote.
“I don’t need any f**king cash and I didn’t go to the cops or the NRL. We didn’t have intercourse.”
Her pal requested her if expenses have been being laid, to which the girl stated they already had been.
She stated: “He was charged final evening with aggravated sexual assault inflicting bodily hurt. I clearly didn’t movie it. My anxiousness is thru the roof.”
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