Banker cleared of Bumble date assault

An investment banker has been cleared of raping a woman he met on the dating website Bumble after two juries failes to reach a verdict. Varun Venaik, 31, was said to have assaulted his date after taking her back to his £1m apartment in Upper Montagu Street, Marylebone, on 31 July 2021. Australian Venaik was accused of raping the woman after she told him: ‘I don’t have sex with people on a first date.’ But giving evidence he told jurors…