00:01For legal reasons, we can't tell you who the man at the centre of this case is.
00:06But what we can say is he's a well-connected Melbourne businessman.
00:10Prosecutors allege that he raped a woman in his house in March 2023,
00:15after she repeatedly rejected his advances.
00:18The pair had known each other for about seven months,
00:21and she had worked as his personal assistant.
00:24The woman says after the alleged attack,
00:26she punched the man in the face and called him a rapist.
00:30The man has pleaded not guilty,
00:32and today his lawyers told the jury that there was no rape at all.
00:35They say there are major issues with the woman's credibility.
00:39Both sides agree that it's her testimony that is shaping up
00:43as a critical piece of evidence in this trial,
00:46which is set to run for about two weeks.
