Banker accused of assaulting Bumble date admitted he ‘pushes boundaries’

An investment banker who allegedly assaulted woman at his £1m apartment after meeting her on Bumble admitted that he does ‘push boundaries’, a court heard. Varun Venaik, 31, kissed and touched the woman intimately with her consent before forcing himself on her, it is claimed. She later messaged him saying: ‘In future, please respect when someone says no’. Australian Venaik denies raping the woman at his basement flat in Upper Montagu Street, Marylebone, where some properties fetch well over £1m….