Hayne’s invites knocked back twice: court

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NRL star Jarryd Hayne has agreed in court a woman rejected his invitations to meet him twice before an alleged sexual assault.

But the ex-Parramatta fullback told his sexual assault trial he wasn’t watching the game “that intently” and left the party at Fiji teammate Wes Naiqama’s Newcastle home to drive south to an event.

On day five of his trial at Newcastle District Court, Crown prosecutor Brian Costello challenged the footballer about why he would leave his friends with the game still going in order to see a woman he had “never met” before. Mr Costello put to the former State of Origin star that making a detour for the woman’s home showed he was not in “such a rush” and asked if he left the party early to “fit in a stop and have sex with her”.The main reason he left the buck’s was to “go to Sydney”, he said.

Jarryd Hayne last played in the NRL in 2018, the year he was charged. Picture: AAP Image/Brendan EspositoThe court has heard their meeting came after days of flirty messages exchanged over social media that were “forward” and included pictures of the woman wearing lingerie. Mr Costello asked if the fact she declined both times might mean she was “more reserved” in person than on social media.

 

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