Businessman denies rape claiming he 'may have penetrated teen after falling on top of he
Ehsan Abdulaziz, 46, is accused of attacking the 18-year-old after meeting her at celeb hotspot Cirque le Soir and offering her and a pal a lift home in his Aston Martin
Accused: Abdulaziz told police "she'll have to prove it" when interviewed, a court heard
A property developer denies rape claiming he may have penetrated a teenager after falling on top of her, a court has heard.
Businessman Ehsan Abdulaziz, 46, allegedly forced himself on the girl as she slept on the sofa in his plush flat in Maida Vale, West London, following a night of drinking.
When arrested, Abdulaziz responded by telling police "She'll have to prove it", the court was told.
The 18-year-old had met Abdulaziz in the Cirque le Soir nightclub in the West End on August 7 last year where she had been spending the evening with a friend, a jury heard.
Abdulaziz offered to give the pair a lift home from the celeb hotspot in his Aston Martin, Southwark Crown Court heard.
He invited the two girls into his flat for a nightcap before taking the alleged victim's friend into a bedroom for sex, the court was told.
Evidence: The alleged victim met Abdulaziz at the Cirque le Soir nightclub
The complainant woke in the early hours of the morning to find Abdulaziz on top of her forcing himself inside her, it is alleged.
Prosecutor Jonathan Davies told a jury: "She woke up with the defendant kissing her and his penis in her vagina, she was wearing shorts and he had pulled them to one side.
"She said 'what are you doing?' he said 'it's fine' indicating that her friend was asleep.
"She got up to find her friend, tried to wake her but couldn't, she then tried to get out of the flat as quickly as she could.'
"She was very upset about what had happened to her and because she couldn't wake her friend, she called two friends, she then called the police.
"As a result or her complaint two things happened - she was spoken to and she was medically examined at a sexual assault referral centre."
Abdulaziz initially told police he had woken the girl at 5.30am when he went to get a glass of water from the kitchen and to switch off the TV, the prosecutor said.
He claimed the teenager pulled him onto her and placed his hand between her legs.
But she become angry when he had offered to call her a taxi and stormed into the bedroom to wake her friend, Mr Davies said.
Abdulaziz was re-interviewed by police in May this year after traces of his DNA were traced to the victim.
Mr Davies said: " On this occasion he said after he had sex with the complainant's friend his penis was still erect and he had semen on his hands when he went into the living room.
"He said in the second interview she pushed his hands down on to her vagina.
"He said that he did fall on to her and his penis may have penetrated her vagina. You may consider, members of the jury, him changing the account he was giving."
Abdulaziz, of Maida Vale, London denies rape.
The trial continues.
Millionaire businessman cleared of raping teenager after he told court he may have accidentally penetrated her
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Property developer Ehsan Abdulaziz, 46, has been cleared of forcing himself on an 18-year-old girl as she slept off a night of drinking on his sofa
Cleared: Ehsan Abdulaziz denied rape
A Saudi millionaire has been
cleared of raping a teenager after claiming he might have accidentally penetrated the 18-year-old when he tripped and fell on her.
Property developer Ehsan Abdulaziz, 46, was accused of forcing himself on the girl as she slept off a night of drinking on the sofa of his Maida Vale flat.
He had already had sex with her 24-year-old friend and said his penis might have been poking out of his underwear after that sexual encounter when he tripped on the 18-year-old
The 18-year-old met Abdulaziz in the exclusive Cirque le Soir nightclub in the West End on 7 August last year where she had been spending the evening with her friend, who was known to the businessman.
He invited them to join him at his £1,000-per-night table and then offered them a ride home in his Aston Martin.
The three went back to his apartment, where he offered them designer Roberto Cavalli vodka before taking the second girl into the bedroom for sex.
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The teenager claimed she woke in the early hours with Abdulaziz on top of her forcing himself inside her.
Abdulaziz said he had accidentally fallen on the youngster as she tried to seduce him, and that was how traces of his DNA came to be in her vagina.
He said he had gone to wake her to offer her a T-shirt to sleep in or a taxi ride home, but she had pulled him on top of her and placed his hand between her legs.
Cleared: The jury took just 30 minutes to find Abdulaziz not guilty
The jury acquitted Abdulaziz of one count of rape after just 30 minutes of deliberations.
In his evidence, Abdulaziz demonstrated how the complainant had put her hand behind his head to pull her towards him, causing him to fall down.
"I'm fragile, I fell down but nothing ever happened, between me and this girl nothing ever happened," he insisted.
He said it was possible he had semen on his hands after the sexual encounter with her friend.
Abdulaziz, of Nightingale Lodge, Admiral Walk, Maida Vale, was cleared of one count of rape.
During the trial, Judge Martin Griffiths permitted the rare step of allowing 20 minutes of Abdulaziz's evidence to be heard in private.