Woman who alleges she was raped by high-profile Sydney man denies she ‘made up’ claims, court hears

The man, whom Guardian Australia cannot name due to a suppression order, is facing trial after pleading not guilty to 12 charges – which include six counts of rape. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

The woman who alleges she was raped by a high profile Sydney man while she was his intern has rebutted claims she “made up” that she had rejected his sexual advances more than once to make the sex sound “more nonconsensual”, a court has heard.

Under cross-examination, the woman – who was 19 at the time the man in his mid-30s allegedly raped her – was drawn by defence counsel David Scully SC on apparent inconsistencies between police statements she gave more than six years after the incident allegedly occurred and evidence given to the court on Tuesday.