Woman denies plotting over BGT singer rape claim
PA MediaA woman who accused a former Britain's Got Talent contestant of rape has denied plotting with another alleged victim to get a "victory" over him.
Andrew Johnston, from Carlisle, competed as a singer on the TV talent show in 2008 and is on trial at Southwark Crown Court charged with two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
On Tuesday one of the women told the court: "I can tell you that at no point was there a feeling that 'we have got him'. It was not a victory."
Mr Johnston, 30, of Newtown Road, denies all charges relating to two women. The trial continues.
The woman said she had spoken up because it was the "right thing" to do.
Asked by defence counsel Rupert Kent if she was trying to hide collusion between herself and the other woman, she replied: "I am not."
'Wanted to gloss over it'
Giving evidence from behind a screen, the second woman told the court it had taken her months to process what had happened and it went on to affect different areas of her life.
She told the court: "My interpretation of events developed when I found that things in my life like intimate relations with my boyfriend were affected."
On the suggestion it should have been immediately obvious she had been raped, the woman said: "No, I think it takes time to work out.
"I wanted to gloss over it. I wanted to be able to move on and not to be dealing with years of the aftermath of this."
Mr Johnston told interviewing detectives had did not have non-consensual sex with either woman.
The hearing continues.