Warning: This story contains allegations of rape and sexual aggression
A woman who claims to have been raped by a man she did not know after a heavy drink was accused by her lawyer of behaving out of character on the night in question, including having consensual sex with a stranger.
One night of July 2023, the woman was late with friends in Christchurch when Wiria Mohamadi, which she didn’t know, offered a ride home.
While she refused and was later placed in a Uber by a friend, Mohamadi followed her in her car, took it from the roadside and took her to her house, where they had sex.
Today, the complainant was interrogated by defense lawyer Kerryn Beaton, KC, on the second day of Mohamadi’s trial before a jury at the Christchurch District Court.
He does not deny to follow the woman, taking her to her vehicle and taking her to his house, but denies that the sexual encounter they had was not consensual.
Under interrogation, the complainant told Beaton that he did not remember talking to Mohamadi or entering his vehicle.
Beaton told Mohamadi told police that they had a brief conversation through the window of a car before agreeing to go to his house.
But the woman fought to remember most of the events because she was intoxicated and fell and hit her head outside a bar before 5 am.
He followed a period of drink, which began around 6 pm the day before.
“You already know you did things that night that were out of character for you, this may be one of those things that are out of character for you,” Beaton suggested.
Mohamadi told police that when they arrived at their house, they sat on the couch, ate food and watched television.
The complainant said she had no memory of that.
Beaton asked if she had any memory of kissing and hugging, taking off her clothes, entering the bed with Mohamadi, where there were more kisses and hugs and eventually sex.
The first memory she had was from Mohamadi lying on her, the complainant answered.
“I couldn’t consent to that,” she said.
“I remember the end, I remember rolling and saying I didn’t want to, and he trying to convince me to continue.”
Mohamadi told police that the complainant had never told him “no,” Beaton said.
She placed the woman that she had indicated consent in other ways.
“I do not consent to that, I do not consent to it,” she replied.
Beaton suggested that she experienced a memory blecate during which she did several “complex things” she couldn’t remember.
“I don’t know, I have no memory,” said the complainant.
Crown prosecutor Sean Mallett asked the complainant about her visit to a medical expert the same day as the incident.
She said she was crying and found it incredibly hard to discuss what had happened.
“I was crying and unable to recover my breath; I was hyperventilating.
“I was feeling very impressed, I wanted to give me options if I wanted to report it.”
The trial continues before Judge Michael Crosbie.
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Where to get help:
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If you have been sexually assaulted, remember that it is not your fault.
