Bell, 35, faces a cost of non-consensual intercourse and two counts of sexual touching within the NSW District Court docket, following the alleged incident on the Bondi Seashore Highway Resort in December 2022.
The lady claims Bell touched her buttocks and compelled her to carry out oral intercourse in a rest room cubicle, and later claimed he was “very indignant” and certain wouldn’t bear in mind the incident.
The lady’s father stated at a listening to on Monday that he noticed “worry on her face” earlier than she informed him the accusations.
“I am afraid individuals will hate us due to his profile,” the daddy remembers his daughter saying.
The lady expressed comparable issues about Bell’s profile to her sister, in addition to her worry of not being believed.
“Folks usually do not consider what women say or decide of their favor — particularly with regards to alcohol,” the sister recalled the lady saying.
Bell has pleaded not responsible to all fees.
In the course of the second week of hearings, the trial heard from quite a lot of relations and associates who described the lady as being extraordinarily unhappy and crying loads within the interval following the alleged assault.
The courtroom additionally heard the lady’s future mother-in-law visited her in Queensland to purchase wedding ceremony clothes the morning after the alleged assault.
Her mother-in-law stated the lady was crying and shaking when she revealed she had been sexually assaulted by Bell the evening earlier than.
Whereas driving to report the incident to police, the alleged sufferer stated Bell forcefully positioned his penis in her mouth.
“Why did not you chunk the rattling factor?” Her mother-in-law replied.
The lady informed her mother-in-law that Bell was extraordinarily drunk throughout and within the lead-up to the alleged assault.
“He was so indignant,” the lady reportedly stated.
“He might barely stand and would pinch my butt all evening.”
The lady additionally defined that she had not informed her fiancé, who was in a distinct part of the bar on the time and was additionally “very drunk” for worry he would “find yourself on the police station”, the courtroom heard.
Kunene indicated that the lady fabricated the rape allegation to achieve sympathy from her fiancé and save her impending marriage when the connection between the couple grew to become strained.
“You might have made this up on your personal functions to save lots of the proposed marriage which you have been so eagerly anticipating,” she stated.
Conine additional steered that the lady invited Bell into the toilet and willingly engaged in oral intercourse with him.
However the complainant denied that her contact with Bell was consensual and that she had been flirting with him earlier than the alleged assault.
The trial is scheduled to proceed till at the very least the tip of the week.
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