A woman who says she was sexually assaulted is lying about what actually happened, a defence lawyer suggested in cross-examination Tuesday, because she was embarrassed that she’d had rough but consensual sex with two men and was worried about how she would explain the bruising on her body to her boyfriend.The complainant, who has testified for three days via video, rejected this suggestion, saying she delayed informing her boyfriend because she didn’t know how to tell him she’d been raped and didn’t know how he would react.Enzo DeJesus Carrasco, 34, and Gavin MacMillan, 44, have both pleaded not guilty to charges of gang sexual assault, forcible confinement and drugging with intent to overpower. DeJesus Carrasco has also pleaded not guilty to two additional charges of sexual assault. All the charges are linked to the same complainant.The jury has heard that at the time of the alleged sexual assaults on Dec. 14, 2016 and Dec. 15, 2016, MacMillan was the owner of the College Street Bar and DeJesus Carrasco was the manager.At issue is whether the complainant consented to sexual acts and whether she had the capacity to consent. She has said she can only remember fragments of the night, during which the Crown alleges she was sexually assaulted over several hours while she was intoxicated and, at some points, in and out of consciousness. The complainant’s identity is covered by a publication ban.On Tuesday afternoon, MacMillan’s lawyer Sean Robichaud asked the complainant about text messages sent between her and a friend on the morning of Dec. 15, 2016, after she had returned to the home where she was staying in Toronto.In the texts, the complainant told her friend that she “got really drunk” and that the two men “took advantage of” her. She said she couldn’t remember what happened, but that the men wouldn’t let her leave and “kept giving me coke while I was hammered.”Her friend said s ...
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