The 32-year-old has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent after he went back to the woman's eastern Sydney home in November last year.
A woman has told a Sydney court she felt "fearful for my life" as Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka allegedly choked her during sex and refused her requests to slow down.Mr Gunathilaka is accused of removing a condom he had been asked to wear during sex, without the woman's consentThe trial is expected to last for three to four days
During an opening address, Crown Prosecutor Gabrielle Steedman told the NSW District Court the alleged act is known as "stealthing". She said she felt "slightly tipsy, but fully coherent", while Mr Gunathilaka did not appear intoxicated.The complainant said she later asked him "can we please take this slow", after the cricketer again kissed her "forcefully" in her lounge room.
The complainant gave evidence that after she gave him a condom, Mr Gunathilaka said: "I hate using condoms, I don't like them, it doesn't feel good, you should trust me".She told the court he put the condom on and started to have intercourse with her in a "forceful" way, including by choking her for 20 to 30 seconds."I remember the third time that he did so, my breath was really constricted for at least six seconds.
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