<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Former NRL player Teui "TC" Robati has been found not guilty after standing trial accused of raping a woman at a pub.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After the trial verdict was handed down today, Robati pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a different woman in a separate incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He remained in court for sentencing on that charge, which was not part of the trial, after being found not guilty of two rape counts.</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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/los-angeles-mayor-imposes-curfew/fc63c4d8-98f1-47a5-8c3a-63854406a0f3" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Los Angeles mayor imposes curfew on downtown area</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The ex-Brisbane Broncos second-rower, 23, had pleaded not guilty to raping a woman twice in the disabled toilet of a pub in the inner-Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley on December 11, 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The District Court jury had deliberated for a total of nine hours since yesterday following a trial lasting one-and-a-half days before Judge William Everson.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Crown prosecutor Isabelle MacNicol earlier alleged Robati had lured a woman into a pub toilet promising access to an exclusive event before raping her.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-courts-ex-nrl-player-teui-tc-robati-not-guilty-of-pub-bathroom-rape-admits-to-separate-sexual-assault/9e068f43-1f55-4fc8-973c-48c26103e81b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Defence barrister David Funch previously told the jury it would not be an issue at the trial that his client was at the pub.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is accepted that sexual interaction occurred," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/refugees-in-australia-face-long-term-job-downgrade-report-says/2509a1b1-8859-4c53-8c2f-fa929697ba20" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>The thousands of Australians condemned to 'downgraded' work</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Funch said an important issue would be a "mistake of fact".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In broad terms, if the person had an honest belief that the person was consenting and it was reasonable for them to hold that belief in all the circumstances, then they have a defence," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Then they are not guilty of the charge."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The jury heard the prosecution would have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Robati's defence of mistaken consent did not apply.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The trial was moved to closed court for the jury to watch video evidence from the woman that was recorded in 2024.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Robati pleaded guilty to unlawful and indecent assault, having been accused of groping a woman in Brisbane on December 21, 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>