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	peterellis Home / abuse allegations / Tea Ropati / Page 3 - Not Guilty Verdict	Tea Ropati - League Star accused of rape Not Guilty ”a case that should never have gone to trial” - Lawyer
	Radio NZ January 30 2008; 07:36 Jury consideration due to begin in Ropati case The jury in the case of a former New Zealand rugby league international player accused of rape is expected to begin considering its verdicts. Tea Ropati, 41, has denied six charges of sexually violating a woman in June 2006. The defence is expected to give its closing speech on Wednesday morning before the judge begins summing-up at the Auckland District Court. The jury could begin its deliberations later in the afternoon. The former Warriors and Kiwis international says he engaged in consensual sexual activity with the 36-year-old complainant. However, she says she was too drunk to consent, and woke to find herself in a car feeling pain from injuries to her genitals. She says she remembers seeing Mr Ropati's angry face over her.