A tearful woman told a jury yesterday she was raped by an American businessman in a hotel room after the pair had a night out in a Wan Chai bar.
The woman, 20, said she woke up in the room to find Glade Whinham Poulsen having sex with her.
She tried to break away and cried, the Court of First Instance heard.
Poulsen, 47, pleaded not guilty to rape. The offence allegedly took place on February 16 at a room in the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, Wan Chai.
Prosecutor Peter Duncan said in his opening speech the alleged victim, a Filipina, came to Hong Kong to visit her aunt in January. On February 15, the woman followed her aunt, a bar waitress, to Wan Chai. She later went on her own to the La Bamba Disco in Luard Road.
She told the court she met another Filipina, named Jenny, inside the bar at 11.20pm. They chatted for a while and later met Poulsen. The court heard the trio had talked, had several drinks and danced until about 2am.
