Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka will push NSW's public prosecutor to pay authorized prices after being made to attend one other two weeks to submit a plea for rape prices.
The 32-year-old is dealing with 4 counts of sexual activity with out consent whereas in Sydney for the T20 World Cup.
After matching on Tinder, assembly up for a date and heading again to her house in Sydney's jap suburbs, the complainant alleges the cricketer refused to put on a condom and choked her 3 times.
A police truth sheet filed with the courtroom stated the girl "was fearing for her life and couldn't get away from the accused" through the November 2022 incident.
The prosecution efficiently utilized for the adjournment, which is able to take the listening to past the statutory six-month requirement for cost certification, at Downing Centre Native Court docket on Thursday.
Gunathilaka's lawyer Alen Sahinovic opposed the delay, arguing his consumer was being subjected to undue hardship as a international citizen with strict bail circumstances and restricted familial and social assist.
Sahinovic will apply for the Director of Public Prosecutions to pay authorized prices on the subsequent listening to.
Gunathilaka travelled to Australia with Sri Lanka's T20 World Cup group final yr however solely performed of their first sport earlier than being dominated out of the competitors with a hamstring tear.
He was arrested within the early hours of November 6 at Sydney's Hyatt Regency Resort, shortly earlier than he was scheduled to board a flight house with the remainder of the group after they bowed out of the event.
Gunathilaka stays on bail forward of a committal listening to at Downing Centre in Sydney on Might 18.
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