His lawyers argued messages deleted from the victim's phone amounted to deliberate concealment of the facts.
Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne is hoping to overturn a conviction for raping a woman on the night of the 2018 grand final as a second appeal gets under way in the NSW Supreme Court.
Hayne's barrister, Tim Game SC, told the appeals court the defence had been unable to cross-examine the woman during the most recent trial on facts that might have been crucial to the case. They also pointed out the woman appeared as a witness in the third trial and the jury was in a position to weigh her evidence as they saw fit.
Hayne's defence team also argued the woman should be cross-examined on why she allegedly told police, "if those message get out, I'm f---ed and he will get off".
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