A “hyped-up” Jarryd Hayne walked into a loungeroom to watch the aftermath of the 2018 NRL Grand Final and said “go Roosters, I’m jealous” on the night he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in Newcastle, a court has heard.
WARNING: This story contains graphic details that readers may find distressing.
Key points:
- The mother of the woman who has accused Jarryd Hayne of sexually assaulting her has told a court her daughter disclosed her version of events the next day
- The woman said Mr Hayne spoke to her briefly about the NRL Grand Final before entering her daughter’s bedroom
- The mother said her daughter had shown her pictures of her injuries
The complainant’s mother has taken the stand at his rape trial in Newcastle District Court to give her version of what transpired on September 30, 2018.
The court heard the woman poked her head into her daughter’s bedroom while Mr Hayne was outside talking to a taxi driver.
The woman said her daughter told her Mr Hayne wanted to do “karaoke” using her laptop.
The mother told the court her daughter said “I think he wants to have sex but there’s no way”, to which she replied “that’s right”.
The woman told Crown prosecutor Brian Costello that Mr Hayne seemed “hyped-up”, “excited” and “maybe intoxicated” when he walked back into the loungeroom after speaking with the taxi driver.
“[The] Grand Final was just ending and Jarryd Hayne came into the loungeroom and stood next to that little round table next to the chair,” alleged victim’s mother said.
She said Mr Hayne looked at the TV and said “go Roosters, I’m jealous” before walking away.
The woman told the court her daughter came into her room in an “emotional state … confused and upset” about 20 minutes later.
“[The complainant] knocked on my door and she said that he had gone, he had got a nosebleed and that was it,” the woman said.
‘Go see doctor’
The mother told the court her daughter said “she needed to tell me something” the following day.
“She passed me her phone and showed me a photo of her room with blood and she showed me a photo of her genitals,” the woman said.
She told the court the photo appeared to show “three nasty puncture wounds”.
The mother told the court that her daughter said Mr Hayne had behaved in a physically “forceful” way.
“She said that he had wanted sex, that he was persistent and overbearing and that she had said she didn’t want to,” the woman said.
“She said no a number of times.
“She told me she thought he’d bitten her … “
“He had ripped her pants down and bitten her and she had moved away and he went to the bathroom and cleaned himself up and left.”
Mr Costello asked the woman if she and her daughter had any other conversations about Mr Hayne.
“She said she had sent a message saying that she didn’t want that to happen, didn’t want to do that, and she was hurting, hurt,” the woman said.
She told the court Mr Hayne had responded to the message with the words “go see doctor”.
Earlier the trial heard that the alleged victim told her mother Mr Hayne had invited her to a party in a Newcastle suburb, but she had said “she wasn’t going”.
The trial, presided over by Judge Peter Whitford, continues.
More to come.