<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man from a high-profile family has vehemently denied he raped a woman as he gave evidence in his own trial.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, testified before a Victorian County Court jury today after pleading not guilty to two counts of rape.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's alleged he digitally raped his friend's girlfriend at his Melbourne home in the early hours of January 14, 2024.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-police-crime-satanic-child-abuse-material-ring/b8ab95c4-a1d7-44ec-ae20-753a3e619517" target="_blank"><strong><span>Men charged over involvement in alleged satanic paedophile ring unmasked</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The jury was told the woman had consensual sex with her boyfriend at the house but then he organised an Uber and left the property shortly before 2am.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's alleged the accused then lied, telling the woman her boyfriend would be returning upstairs because his Uber had been cancelled.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prosecutors allege it was the accused who went into the dark bedroom a short time later and pretended to be the woman's boyfriend.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-accused-from-high-profile-family-denies-raping-woman/701be1cb-3f9b-4abd-b9ca-0b3994479daf" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He allegedly digitally raped her but she managed to move away and ask directly if he was the accused.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man claimed he was her boyfriend and he allegedly then grabbed both her hands before digitally raping her again while she told him to stop.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She managed to get a hand free and felt his hair, which was longer than her boyfriend's, and that's when the man allegedly stopped and ran from the room.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/geraldton-bushfires-western-australia-emergency-warning-news/7e0e6b86-55a9-4b96-aad9-f68975ba7d98" target="_blank"><strong><span>Residents urged to 'leave now' as bushfire burns near homes</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's alleged he returned a few minutes later and acted as if nothing had happened, instead asking her if she was OK.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under questioning from the prosecutor, the man repeatedly denied he ever raped the woman.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I never went into that room and sexually assaulted (the complainant)," he said in his evidence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The jury was told the man doctored an Uber receipt in the days after to make it look like the alleged victim's boyfriend had left the house after 2.30am.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/defence-delivery-agency-new-adf-department-established-richard-marles/1b401b36-7259-4583-ba74-5630a77d1382" target="_blank"><strong><span>Three Defence agencies scrapped in biggest overhaul in 50 years</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The accused admitted in evidence that he forged the receipt but denied he did so to avoid taking responsibility for his crimes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The trial before Judge Gregory Lyon continues.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028</span></strong></div></div>