Jack de Belin rape trial: Distressing interview played to court

A teenager who alleges she was raped by Jack de Belin and Callan Sinclair said the pair goaded her to ‘show us your rack’ before being allegedly choked and raped, a court heard.

A teenager feared she would “pass out” while she was allegedly choked and raped by Jack de Belin, showing the court how his hand had allegedly gripped her throat.

Distressing video of the woman being interviewed for hours has been played to the jury on day two of the trial, as the NRL Dragons forward and his mate Callan Sinclair stand accused of sexually assaulting her after a Wollongong pub crawl in 2018.

The pair “vehemently” maintain they had consensual sex, pleading not guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault.

The girl was wringing her hands and broke down in tears when recalling the early morning of December 9, with de Belin shaking his head at times during the evidence.

Jack de Belin pictured (left) as he arrives at the Downing Centre on Thursday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Callan Sinclair pictured (right) with Barrister Sharyn Hall SC outside the Downing Centre today. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Messages show she texted a friend shortly after the alleged rape incident to say she was “f***ing abused sexually”, the court heard.

The next day she said to another friend: “I’m not okay. What happened last night was not okay.”

She told the court de Belin asked her after the incident: “You know how to keep your mouth shut, right?”

She behaved “tough” and was still processing what had occurred before crying herself to sleep, she told the court.

Callan Sinclair. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

The court heard how she met the men on the dancefloor of Mr Crown, kissed Sinclair, and was taken in a tuktuk to de Belin’s cousin’s house, believing they were going to Fever Nightclub.

Recalling the act in question, she told the court de Belin walked out of his cousin’s ensuite bathroom naked, before pushing her on the bed, undoing her red-scarf top from the back “like a shoelace”.

The pair goaded her, saying “show us your rack” and “you have a nice rig” while she held her top to her chest, she said.

The girl hung her head and sighed, recalling how de Belin split her legs open, took off her pants and underwear and forced sex on her.

De Belin allegedly said to her “you have such a nice tight p***y”.

“Jack de Belin had enough force to lift me up and take my underpants off,” the girl recalled, saying she weighed just 51 kilos.

She told the court she said “stop” and “no” and was “choking back tears”.

Once de Belin’s penis was inside her, she “pretty much couldn’t do anything about it”, she told the court.

“No one was listening to me. I had tears coming out of my eyes. I was just going dead and numb inside. I just let it happen,” she said.

She told the court de Belin was “in charge”. She said he was lying on top with his arm on her chest choking her, showing the court what she meant.

“I felt like I was going to pass out (with) how hard he was choking me,” she told the court.

The court heard the pair then swapped, having anal, oral and unsuccessfully attempting to have anal sex with her.

She told the court de Belin was cheering on Sinclair and said: “Yeah Cal, keep going”.