Overview

• The trial opened on June 9, 2025, in Brisbane’s District Court before Judge William Everson and is scheduled to run for three days.
• Prosecutors allege Teui ‘TC’ Robati lured a 24-year-old woman into a locked pub toilet in Fortitude Valley by promising an exclusive event and forced her into two sexual acts.
• Crown prosecutor Isabelle MacNicol told jurors the victim panicked and cried as she felt unable to escape Robati’s physical and verbal pressure.
• Defence barrister David Funch conceded that sexual interaction occurred but argued Robati held an honest and reasonable belief that the woman had consented.
• The jury viewed a recorded video statement from the alleged victim filmed in 2024 detailing her account of the incident.