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Jarryd Hayne tells sexual assault trial alleged victim ‘never said no’
Jarryd Hayne has agreed that the issue of consent was “up in the air” before he went to visit the woman he is accused of sexually assaulting at her Newcastle home on September 30, 2018.
Key points:
- Jarryd Hayne agreed under cross-examination that his accuser never sent him explicit confirmation that she consented to having sex with him
- The former NRL player told the court he would have respected her wishes if she had said “no” — but he maintains she “never” did
- Crown prosecutor Brian Costello put it to Mr Hayne that the woman had suggested he meet her for “coffee or breakfast”
But the 32-year-old told Newcastle District Court this morning that the complainant, now 28, “never said no” during their encounter on the night of the NRL Grand…
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