A massage therapist who allegedly sexually assaulted a female client during a session at a Sutherland Shire studio will claim he thought he had her consent, a court has heard.
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Anthony Theodosiou, 31, is on trial in the Downing Centre District Court charged with three counts of sexual intercourse without consent and five counts of indecent assault.
In her opening address to the jury yesterday, Crown prosecutor Linda McSpedden said the woman had won a voucher at a charity event to receive a free massage at the Shire PTC personal training studio in Kirrawee.
The woman frequently suffered from head and neck strain from her work as a veterinarian, the court heard.
Ms McSpedden said the woman was expected to give evidence that it was on her third visit to the studio in August 2015 that she was repeatedly assaulted as she received a massage.
Mr Theodosiou allegedly digitally penetrated the woman three times and also rubbed and licked her breasts during the course of the massage.
During the alleged assaults, the woman was lying on her back and front, and wearing her underpants.
The accused, the court heard, asked whether the woman was OK more than once and she either made a gesture or mumbled.
"She was frozen and scared and didn't make any objection," Ms McSpedden said.
The court heard the woman got dressed, booked another appointment, left, then went to Sutherland Police Station and told officers what had allegedly occurred.
