Australian rugby player and former NFL running back Jarryd Hayne has denied allegations that he raped a virgin and claims the woman even ordered the Uber to take them back to his place.
New court documents obtained by DailyMail.com show the 30-year-old is demanding the sexual battery suit be tossed, alleging that the woman consented to sexual activity and was ‘not injured at all.’
The anonymous woman, who filed under the pseudonym ‘J.V.’ last year, accused the athlete of taking her to his San Jose home after a drunken night in December 2015 and sexually assaulting her.
In a response filed on March 1, Hayne denied all allegations of wrongdoing and said the woman ‘consented to all actions that took place, including all actions she now claims were non-consensual.’
Australian rugby league player and former NFL running back Jarryd Hayne, 30, has denied allegations that he raped a virgin woman in 2015
Hayne, who played for the San Francisco 49ers in 2015, was accused of taking a drunk woman home from a San Jose bar and raping her in December of that year
‘The Plaintiff followed Defendant out of a bar on the night of the alleged incident, ordered an Uber using the Defendant’s phone to take them both to where the Defendant was staying, and willingly engaged in sexual interaction that did not include sexual intercourse,’ court papers state.
Hayne also argues that the woman even had a ‘cordial conversation’ with his friend in his apartment the morning after.
She left his ‘apartment of her own volition, and did not report, show or claim any injuries to anyone after the alleged incident,’ documents read.
The Sydney-based rugby player claims he was not aware that the woman objected to any of the acts alleged against him, and argues that any injuries she claims to have suffered were caused by other ‘persons, entities and/or forces.’
In her original filing from December 2017, J.V. claimed the two were hanging out in a San Jose bar with mutual friends when Hayne decided to take her home ‘despite having minimal interaction that night.’
She alleges she passed out during the car ride to his place ‘due to her extreme level of intoxication’.
The Sydney-based rugby player has argued that all sexual interaction between the two was consensual and that the woman was not ‘injured at all’
She claims she has no recollection of how she got into his home, but vaguely remembers being in his bedroom and hearing Hayne saying ‘no kissing’ before feeling a sharp pain in her vagina.
She awoke the next morning naked, next to a ‘pool of blood’ while ‘in significant vaginal pain,’ that she continues to suffer from today, her filing states.
She also stated that she had never had vaginal intercourse prior to the date of the alleged incident.
A month later, the woman reported the matter to police but, after an investigation, the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office told the woman ‘there was not enough evidence to prove the crime of rape beyond a reasonable doubt’.
In the statement of complaint, the plaintiff says she didn’t immediately report the incident to authorities because she feared being discredited or blamed.
Hayne was well-known rugby player overseas before he took a try at the NFL in 2015. He has since returned to rugby in Australia after only playing one season with the 49ers
J.V. filed the suit for sexual battery, battery, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence arising from the alleged rape.
She is also seeking monetary compensation for ’emotional pain, anguish and severe distress’.
Hayne has argued that she has ‘suffered no economic loss or emotional distress damages for which recovery would be available from Defendant.’
Hayne was a well-known rugby player overseas before he took a try at the NFL in 2015. He has since returned to rugby in Australia after only playing one season with the 49ers.
Following the suit being filed, his lawyer said Haynes cooperated with a police investigation and the prosecutors did not charge Haynes due to lack of evidence, possibly due to the woman waiting three months to report the alleged incident to police.