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Allegations of Abuse
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Tea Ropati - League Star accused of
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Newstalk ZB A former rugby league star has been
committed to stand trial for the alleged rape and sexual violation of a woman
he met at an Auckland bar last year. The ex-Kiwis player, who has name
suppression, denies the charges and says the sex was consensual. A depositions hearing has heard
the complainant and her friends were snorting cocaine and drinking alcohol
before the alleged attack. The woman had met the defendant at a popular bar
on Auckland's fashionable Ponsonby Road. She later told an examining doctor
they had kissed and had rough sex in the back of a car, but she had never
wanted it to get like that. The doctor admitted the woman's
injuries, including bleeding and bruising, could sometimes be the result of a
consensual act. |
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