‘I was fuming’: Hayne lashes accuser

Jarryd Hayne has described the woman accusing him of sexual assault as being “full of sh*t” as he denied fabricating evidence in an attempt to make himself look innocent.

Mr Hayne told the Downing Centre District Court on Monday that he was “fuming” after the woman contacted him a month after their sexual encounter alleging that she had not consented to him performing oral and digital sex on her.

Mr Hayne, 33, has denied sexually assaulting the then 26-year-old woman at her Newcastle home on NRL grand final night on September 30, 2018.

Jarryd Hayne leaves the Downing Centre Court in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan CokerSource:News Corp Australia

The woman has previously told the court that she repeatedly said “no” after realising that Mr Hayne had a taxi waiting outside her Fletcher home to take him back to Sydney.

His trial has entered its second week with Mr Hayne having pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual assault recklessly inflicting actual bodily harm.

Mr Hayne insists that he knew she was not consenting to sexual intercourse and instead he was attempting to “please her” by performing other sexual acts that she had consented to.

According to his version of events, she stood up to take off her jeans, while the woman has said that Mr Hayne forced them off.

He and the woman had been communicating via social media for several weeks, sharing sexually suggestive messages, before he stopped in at her house on the way back to Sydney on the Sunday evening following a two-day buck’s party for a former teammate.

According to the crown prosecution, Mr Hayne performed oral and digital sex on the woman without her consent, causing two lacerations to her genitalia and substantial bleeding.

Jarryd Hayne has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a woman at her Newcastle home. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Christian Gilles.Source:News Corp Australia

Later, the woman contacted Mr Hayne via Snapchat in a message that was monitored by police.

In it, she said: “You knew I definitely wasn’t OK from the damage that night” and “it was pretty messed up and you should have stopped when I said so”.

Mr Hayne has said at that point he was “fuming” at the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

“She (previously) raised concerns and you weren’t fuming then,” Crown prosecutor Brian Costello said.

“I was fuming because she was full of sh*t,” Mr Hayne replied.

“You were fuming because she was about to report you to the police or the NRL,” Mr Costello said.

“No,” Mr Hayne replied.

Former NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne and his wife Amelia Bonnici leaving the Downing Centre Court in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Christian Gilles.Source:News Corp Australia

During police phone taps, Mr Hayne was heard describing the woman to a friend as “just a young cow carrying on”.

He added in the same phone call: “I think she started to like me or something, then because I brushed her f***ing blowing up” and “You speak to them for a bit, they get attached and they think f***ing. Well mate you f***ing messaged me off Instagram, you idiot.”

Mr Hayne denied that when he travelled to her house he thought of her as an “idiot” and he was only interested in sexual intercourse.

“You had just gone around there to have sexual intercourse,” Mr Costello said.

“Potentially,” Mr Hayne replied.

“You weren’t there to strike up a friendship or discuss politics or get to know her,” Mr Costello said.

“I think I referred to it as a fling,” Mr Hayne said.

Things became heated when Mr Costello accused Mr Hayne of inventing evidence to suit his narrative.

“She told you no, she told you stop didn’t she?” Mr Costello said.

“I’ve already answered these questions,” Mr Hayne said.

Mr Costello said Mr Hayne had “just made up a whole bunch of lies” and “to make you look innocent”.

“That’s what you say,” Mr Hayne said.

The trial before Judge Helen Syme continues.

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