<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/football" rel="" target="_blank" title="A-League player"><span>A-League player</span></a><span> whose Olympic dreams were dashed by a rape claim told a mate the alleged victim was trying to ruin his career.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ruon Tongyik is facing a jury trial after pleading not guilty to sexually assaulting the woman in his Sydney home in 2018.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman, an A-League fan, allegedly "blacked out" after a drinking game and awoke to Tongyik and his friend Mardochee "Doch" Manirakiza forcibly raping her.</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/extest-spinner-macgill-acquitted-of-major-drug-supply/3c153e82-5496-4ad3-bf55-3f5c643baa17"><strong><span>Ex-Test spinner Stuart MacGill acquitted of major drug supply</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jurors today were played an intercepted phone call between Tonyik and Manirakiza in which the Western Sydney Wanderers defender said the claim was stopping his selection for the Socceroos or Olyroos.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think she is trying to ruin my career," Tonyik said in the 2022 call.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And to make matters worse, she is saying we did it without her saying yes to things."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/a-league-player-accused-of-rape-told-friend-victim-was-trying-to-ruin-his-career/b9813715-d96e-4450-8bcf-bc4a1968098a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman posted publicly about Tongyik being "my rapist" after he was chosen to represent Australia at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A subsequent Football Australia investigation led to him being dropped from the side.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That s--- ruined my chance of going to the Olympics ... it's crazy, man," the former Melbourne City and Central Coast player told his friend in the taped call.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both men said the woman suggested playing "truth or dare", while Manirakiza denied the men "made the first move".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They agreed the woman engaged in one consensual sexual act with each of them separately - one with Manirakiza in a bedroom and then with Tongyik in the lounge.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"No one forced her into the room," Manirakiza said in the call.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If it was rape, why would I leave the door open? The front window was open too. I don't understand."</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/world/trump-tariffs-from-soup-cans-to-airplanes-steel-and-aluminum-are-a-fundamental-part-of-american-life/2a77ca7f-5678-4305-849f-4be95dea3f7b"><strong><span>From soup cans to planes, how Trump's tariffs will impact everyday life</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prosecutors allege the then-injured Western Sydney Wanderers player and the woman had consensual sex and then suggested a boozy game of "truth or dare" when Manirakiza arrived.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The game began increasingly sexualised and the woman took a series of shots to avoid acting on dares, blacked out and then found herself in the bedroom being raped.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was incapable of consenting and the men knew that she was not consenting, the prosecution alleges.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a second recording played to the jury today, Tongyik was questioned by Football Australia officials about messages between him and the woman attached to her 2021 "my rapist" tweet.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In one, the woman said: "You made me do how many shots before you didn't listen to me say no."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Do you recall her saying no?" one of the officials said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I don't recall her saying that ... (the game) was going smooth, there was no interruption," Tongyik replied.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tongyik and Manirakiza have each pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual intercourse without consent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The trial in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court continues.</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><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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