Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka started crying in front of police while detailing a night on which he allegedly raped a Tinder date at her home in Sydney.
In a recorded police interview played during the 32-year-old's judge-alone trial in Downing Centre District Court on Wednesday, the sportsman is seen struggling to speak, wiping his eyes with a tissue while giving his version of events of what happened.
In the notes, the officer only mentions oral sex but said sexual intercourse had been talked about over the phone."It's not anywhere that I can see, but I remember the conversation quite clearly," she replied. "Why are you allowing a complainant to touch material that might be forensically tested?" Thangaraj said.The woman alleges Gunathilaka removed the condom during sexual intercourse.
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