The defence lawyer for a Waterloo Regional Police sergeant again suggested in court that the woman who accuses the officer of sexual assault is not telling the truth.
The woman previously testified she was raped by Sgt. Caleb Roy, a 26-year veteran of the police service who was off duty at the time, in the bedroom of a Toronto apartment in 2010. Roy, charged by the Special Investigations Unit in 2018, has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault.
In cross-examination last week, defence lawyer Harry Black accused the woman of lying. He repeated the allegation on Tuesday.
“I’m suggesting the incident with Mr. Roy was not as you have described it but that it was a consensual act of intimacy initiated by yourself,” Black said.
“No,” the woman replied.
Black suggested Roy asked her if she was taking birth control pills.
“No,” the woman said.
“And you told him ‘yes,’” Black said.
“No,” the woman replied.
Black went on to allege the woman told Roy a week later that she actually wasn’t taking birth control pills but said she was because she “didn’t want to spoil the moment.”
“That’s not true,” she said.
The woman previously said there was another man in the apartment when she was allegedly attacked. She said she never told the man about the alleged rape.
The woman testified she had a sexual relationship with Roy after the alleged attack on the understanding he would help her get a job.
Black alleged Roy terminated the relationship. The woman said that’s false.
“It fizzled out, it ended,” she said.
Black suggested the sexual relationship lasted longer than she claims.
The defence lawyer also alleged the woman had spoken about marrying Roy. She denied it.
“You talked about getting married and buying a house together,” he said.
“No,” she replied.
Black asked her whether it has crossed her mind that if Roy is found guilty, she could sue him.
“That is not my intention,” she said. “That is not why I’m here.”
“Do you ever think about that?” he asked.
“I do not think about that,” she said.
The judge-alone trial in Toronto continues on Wednesday.
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