Three men in court charged over horrifying alleged gang rape of teen girl in Adelaide’s west

A court has heard terrifying allegations at least three men raped a teen girl and filmed it after a night out at a popular CBD club earlier this month.

Three men have faced court after allegedly raping a teen girl and filming it after a night out at Zhivago nightclub in the CBD, before one was tracked down using social media.

Two of the men, Bedhane Bekele, 27, and Besufikad Haile, 22, faced the Port Adelaide Magistrate Court on Monday, charged with multiple counts of engaging in sexual intercourse without consent.

The court heard the 18-year-old alleged victim was out clubbing with a friend earlier this month at popular nightclub Zhivago, before allegedly blacking out and ultimately waking up to men on top of her.

“The victim had consumed a large amount of alcohol … she recalls vomiting in a pot plant while her friend had got into an altercation with some males,” the police prosecutor said.

“She doesn’t recall leaving the city … the next thing she remembers is being on a bed in an unknown house with males standing around her.”

The court also heard the alleged victim had found Haile on Instagram, messaging him saying she needed the address as she had left belongings at the home.

She then allegedly used the provided address to give to police.

Zhivago nightclub in Adelaide’s CBD. Picture: Mike Burton

The court heard one male allegedly pushed the alleged victim’s head into his penis before slapping her.

“One male asked if she wanted sex and she said no but he did not listen,” the police prosecutor said.

“She recalls only three men having sex with her however there were multiple used condoms on the floor of the room the next day and she recalled the home as a shared one.

“Her mother started messaging her and she asked one of the co-accused to drop her home.”

The court heard Haile dropped the victim home before she told her mother what had happened.

The court heard police attended the alleged victim’s home and seized clothing from the night.

A semen match from the alleged victim’s dress matched Haile’s DNA, the court was told.

On June 24, the men were arrested and charge.

Haile’s phone was seized and police allege a video filmed by the defendant showed him and the other co-accused having sex with the victim.

Both Bekele and Haile applied for bail, which was refused. The third man did not apply for bail.

The matter will return to court later this year.