Woman left Ireland because of alleged rape on Jason Derulo’s tour bus
A woman who claims she was raped by two men on Jason Derulo’s tour bus has told their trial she left Ireland because of what happened.
The men, who can’t be named for legal reasons, deny raping and falsely imprisoning the then 19-year-old on the bus in June 2014.
From the witness box yesterday, the woman claimed the first accused man raped her on a bunk bed upstairs on the tour bus.
She claims she was raped by a second man afterwards.
She said she was handpicked to get on the bus after a VIP aftershow party for Jason Derulo and his crew at the Savoy nightclub in Cork city.
The American musician is not facing any charges.
Under cross-examination by counsel for the second accused man, she accepted she told a counsellor she decided to move to the UK because of what happened and denied the decision was made several months before the alleged rapes.
She also said she remembered texting her boyfriend afterwards saying she had just been raped and said she was surprised this same man told Gardaí he wouldn’t describe her as his girlfriend, but rather a "good friend".
The trial will resume tomorrow.
