Graphic designer allegedly raped Airbnb host in horror attack

A court has heard the sickening final words that a man said to his Airbnb host after allegedly raping her in a horror attack.

A graphic designer raped his Airbnb host then told her he would leave a “good review”, a court heard.

Diego Dellarovere allegedly attacked the woman at her home in Croydon, South London, as she welcomed him as her first-ever guest.

Jurors were told she then barricaded herself in her bedroom with a block of knives as she was terrified the 43-year-old was stab her, The Sun reports.

Croydon Crown Court heard Dellarovere told her the following morning: “I’ll leave a good review.”

Diego Dellarovere is accused of raping his Airbnb host. Picture: The Sun / Facebook

The woman later told police how the graphic designer had offered a massage while they enjoyed a glass of wine in her home.

She claimed she told him “I don’t want this” and pushed him away as he put spa music on and grabbed some oil.

But Dellarovere allegedly pulled his trousers and underwear down and forced the woman to perform a sex act on him.

The court heard she sent two voice notes to her friend the next day, saying: “I have got a bit of a story to tell you about Diego.”

She then went into more detail about they were “chatting” on her sofa when she realised he was “getting a bit handy”, it was said.

The woman added: “He’s Italian and they do that so I’ll leave that slide.”

Dellarovere allegedly asked the woman if she wanted a massage. Picture: The Sun / Central News

But she continued: “At one stage that conversation went quiet and he went to give me a hug then started licking and sucking and kissing my neck, and he was quite forceful about it.

“At one stage he had managed to get my top off and then I was like ‘you need to stop this’ but it was a good half-hour more [before] stopping his advances.

“I was like ‘I think you should go to bed’ and he went to bed and I barricaded my door.”

The woman told her friend how Dellarovere then began texting her asking if she wanted to share a bed, vowing: “I won’t do anything”.

Jurors heard the pal then phoned the woman, who sounded “very upset”.

He has denied rape, sexual assault and assault by penetration. Picture: The Sun / Central News

When they met up later that day, she told jurors the alleged victim became “very distressed, very teary and started to shake”.

The friend added: “She was scared, she was terrified of what was going to happen that she just kept saying ‘I don’t know why this happened to me’” ‘ and she kept repeating ‘I said no’.”

Jurors were told after the discussion, the host reported the alleged incident to Airbnb and then the police.

Dellarovere, of West Kensington, denies rape, sexual assault and assault by penetration on May 7, 2021.

The trial continues.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced here with permission.