A woman accusing rugby star Kurtley Beale of rape made handwritten notes to herself before confronting him with the allegations in a secretly recorded phone call.
One of the notes mentioned trying to “convince him he is guilty and not innocent”, a court heard today.
Beale, 35, is standing trial in the NSW District Court charged with one count of sexual intercourse without consent and two counts of sexual touching following an incident at Bondi’s Beach Road Hotel in December 2022.
The former Wallabies playmaker has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
The woman, who cannot be legally identified, spoke to Beale roughly a month after the alleged assault in a call that was recorded by police without his knowledge.
She also wrote in her notes “he will be better off if he confesses” and reminded herself to “act friendly and normal”.
The woman, who says Beale touched her backside and forced her to perform oral sex in the toilet cubicle, continued a lengthy cross-examination by Beale’s barrister, Margaret Cunneen SC, today.
During the call, Beale apologised to the woman, saying he “misread the situation”.
Beale asked the woman if the call was being recorded, which she denied and instead told him her therapist told her to make the call.
“You easily told that lie very spontaneously didn’t you?” Cunneen asked the woman.
Support is available from the National Sexual Assault and Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).
