Lawyer disputes high profile Sydney man spiked ‘special drink’ before alleged rape, court hears

The man’s defence has argued he did have sex with four women who have alleged he raped them, but that it was consensual and that the complainants ‘admired the accused, even idolised him’. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

A woman did not have her drink spiked by a high-profile Sydney man but was instead feeling the effects of MDMA that was “just too strong for her”, a court has heard.

The man’s defence lawyer asserted that a “special drink” the man gave the woman was not spiked as suggested by the crown, adding the expert witness who gave evidence that it could be the case suggested this on the basis of the woman’s story and not a toxicology report.