Woman allegedly raped by Sunderland footballer went to house for 'cuddles and company'

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A woman who was allegedly raped and sexually assaulted by Sunderland footballer Jack Diamond told a court she went to his house that night for “cuddles and company”.Diamond, 23, is accused of assaulting the woman he originally met on dating app Tinder after inviting her to his home in Fatfield, in Washington, Sunderland, in May 2022.Newcastle Crown Court jurors heard the pair had been “friends with benefits”, and the woman told police that her relationship with the Sunderland winger was “95% about sex”. 'Haunted' abandoned Scottish psychiatric hospital leaves urban explorer with 'eerie feel' But she said she had not had sex with Diamond since she had started taking medication, which she had been told could lead to foetal abnormalities.

The court heard she was not on the contraceptive pill at the time.Eleanor Laws KC, defending Diamond, said the woman had had sex with Diamond since being prescribed the medication in February 2022, but she said she had not actually started taking it until March.“I didn’t have any sex with Jack when I was on the medication - I’m sure of it,” the complainant told the court.She denied Ms Laws’ claim that she had been “exaggerating” the medication and lack of contraception as reasons for not wanting to have sex with Diamond on the night of the incident.Prosecutors say Diamond raped and sexually assaulted the woman after agreeing that “nothing more than cuddling would take place” when she went to his home on the night of the alleged assaults.Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages