Alleged rape victim ‘could have done a lot better’ if she had made up claims against well-connected Melbourne man, court told

The well-connected man, who cannot be named, has pleaded not guilty in Victoria’s county court. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

A woman who accused a well-connected Melbourne man of rape “could have done a much better job” if she was inventing the story for money, a Melbourne court has heard.

But the accused’s lawyer has described the prosecution’s case as a “horrendous mixture” of “lies, fabrications, inconsistencies, [and] evidence that has been found to be demonstrably untrue”.