A racing driver has denied raping a nurse caring for Michael Schumacher at the Formula One legend’s home.
Mawsom, a friend of the German racing driver’s son, is accused of raping the nurse twice in a bedroom at the 57-year-old’s mansion in Gland, near Geneva, on November 23, 2019.
The Australian racing driver, who told the judge his career is ‘on hold’, denies the allegations and has claimed that the sex was consensual.
The court in Nyon, Switzerland heard how the nurse, in her 30s, was carried to her quarters fully clothed after becoming intoxicated during a party at Schumacher’s home.
When the nurse woke up, she says she was naked and allegedly could not remember what had happened the night before.
She then spotted blood on her bedsheets and felt pain in her vaginal and anal areas.
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She broke down in tears as she recounted the alleged attack in court. She said: ‘I had worked for the family for six years and that night I had been working six days non stop. I was very tired and I had had nothing to eat.
‘When I later asked Joey if anything had happened that night, he said “Yes”. I contacted my doctor and I was then referred to another doctor at the university hospital.
‘I didn’t immediately tell the Schumacher family what had happened. I couldn’t remember anything from the night, I had to ask one of the other staff at the house.
‘They said I was drunk and that Joey had carried me to my room, I woke up naked and when I first contacted Joey to ask him if anything had happened he said “No” but then later said “Yes”.’
Prosecution read out text messages that Mawson had sent the nurse, after the alleged attack, which said: ‘I’m so sorry from the bottom of my heart.’
Mawsom has admitted a ‘consensual relationship’ with the woman, and claims to have text messages to back that up.
In his testimony Mawson insisted that the nurse had been ‘flirtatious’ and had instigated kissing and that they had ‘touched each other’s genitals’.
He added: ‘She was not intoxicated, she was alert and conscious, she was flirting and she managed to get her leg on the pool table.
‘You could see from her body language she was being flirtatious. I knocked on her room and she invited me in.’
He added: ‘I hadn’t realised how drunk I actually was. It wasn’t until the next morning that I realised how drunk I had been.
‘During the night, I had assumed she was less drunk than I realised the next morning.’
Mawson told the court that the nurse had been ‘flirtatious’ and had instigated kissing and that they had ‘touched each other’s genitals’.
He added: ‘She was not intoxicated, she was alert and conscious, she was flirting and she managed to get her leg on the pool table.
‘You could see from her body language she was being flirtatious. I knocked on her room and she invited me in.’
The trial is expected to conclude at 6pm local time.