The woman allegedly raped by former AFL player Andrew Lovett has told the Victorian County Court she was "horrified, drunk and confused" after she woke up to find him having sex with her.
The former Essendon player and St Kilda recruit is on trial for raping the model at the Port Melbourne home of Saints player Jason Gram on Christmas Eve in 2009.
His alleged victim is giving evidence in a closed court to protect her anonymity, but in the interest of open justice media were provided transcripts of the proceedings.
Testifying from a remote location via video link, she told the jury she and her friend met Lovett, Jason Gram and St Kilda skipper Nick Reiwoldt at a Richmond Pub.
She said she "practically never" drank, but that night consumed four vodka and soda's and two shots, and had been "obviously affected by alcohol".
Admitting her memory was patchy, she told the court she could not remember the cab ride to Gram's Port Melbourne apartment, but recalled being put to bed to sober up by Gram and her friend.
Prosecutor Michael Tovey QC told the court Gram will testify he stayed in the room with her for a time, something she does not remember.
She recalled her friend trying to wake her, but said she could not move and drifted back to sleep.
"Then I remember feeling someone on top of me, and I thought I was dreaming it, or imagining it, [because] I was so in and out," she testified.
"Then, I remember realising that someone was having sex, and I scrambled away, and said no, grabbed my phone, and I texted for help."
She told the court she clearly saw Andrew Lovett's face, and he did not stop having sex with her after she said "no" and squirmed away.
The court heard the woman then fled to the bathroom and remembers Lovett asking her if she was okay.
She was later found collapsed by the entrance to the apartment.
"I remember seeing a door and I was confused and scared and I just fell on the ground into a heap and started crying my eyes out," she said.
She then ran from the building.
"I was in absolute shock, and horrified, and still drunk and confused," she testified.
Under cross-examination she was asked by Lovett's defence lawyer, David Grace QC, if she had dressed up that night to make herself look attractive.
"I always take pride in the way I look, so yes," she replied.
She said she did not go out purposely to meet men, and had not known Reiwoldt, Gram and Lovett were footballers at the time.
Lovett has pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape.
The trial continues.
Tags: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, crime, australian-football-league, st-kilda-3182, melbourne-3000, vic First posted July 13, 2011 16:40:43
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