Former Bronco not guilty of rape in pub toilet, admits sexual assault
Former NRL player Teui 'TC' Robati has been found not guilty of raping a woman at a pub.
After the verdict was handed down on Wednesday, Robati pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a different woman in a separate incident.
The 23-year-old remained in court for sentencing on that charge – which was not part of the trial – after being found not guilty on two rape counts.
The ex-Brisbane Broncos second-rower had pleaded not guilty to raping a woman twice in the disabled toilet of a pub in the inner-Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley on December 11, 2022.
The District Court jury had deliberated for a total of nine hours since Tuesday following a trial lasting 1½ days before Judge William Everson.
Crown prosecutor Isabelle MacNicol earlier alleged Robati lured the woman into a toilet promising access to an exclusive event before raping her.
Defence barrister David Funch previously told the jury it would not be an issue at the trial that his client was at the pub.
'It is accepted that sexual interaction occurred,' he said.
Funch said an important issue would be a 'mistake of fact'.
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