TRAVISS:WOMAN KISSED AMY WINEHOUSE’S EX AFTER ALLEGED RAPE ORDEAL

A woman who claims she was raped by the ex-boyfriend of Amy Winehouse kissed him goodbye just hours after the alleged ordeal, a court heard today (Tues).

Reg Traviss, 35, allegedly had sex with the female friend twice while she was passed out at his flat after a night of heavy drinking.

She kissed him goodbye the following afternoon as he walked her to a Tube station before heading out for another night out with friends, Southwark Crown Court heard.

Ian Winter QC, defending Traviss, told her: ‘By the time you left, on the pavement, towards the Tube station, you had a little cuddle and a little kiss.

‘At that point, are you saying you did not think you had been raped?.’ 

The woman, whose identity is protected, replied: ‘When I woke up that afternoon, I was confused and wasn’t sure if I had dreamed it or it had actually happened. 

‘When I left the place, I didn’t want to show Reg or ask him because I thought it might come across as really rude if it didn’t happened. 

‘I said goodbye as normal and gave him a little kiss. 

‘It was only when I got home that evening did I realise what had happened.’ 

Filmmaker Traviss is said to have pounced on his friend of five years at his Marylebone pad after a heavy night’s drinking at bars around the capital.

She told the court they had arranged to meet on December 30 last year because Traviss was still ‘shattered’ by the death of his ex-girlfriend in July 2011. 

The alleged victim, giving evidence, admitted she had gone on a ‘big night out’ to celebrate the New Year following the alleged attacks.

‘I did not want to sit at home and think about it and be miserable’, she said.

She went for drinks at a hotel before heading to a warehouse party after midnight in west London, she added.

The woman was heavily drunk on her night out with Traviss, and was unable to stand towards the end of the night, the court has heard.

She claims she passed out on Traviss’ bed and woke up half naked to find him having sex with her. 

She told him to stop, it is said, but woke up later in the day to find Traviss having sex with her again, it is alleged.

‘I was in shock and couldn’t understand what had happened’, she said.  

‘I just couldn’t put the two things together, why was something like that happening to me.  

‘He had always been a friend, and there was nothing that night that would lead him to that.’ 

Mr Winter said her story was a ‘bald faced lie’ and that she was not as drunk as she claims. 

‘When you got to Mr Traviss’ flat in the early hours of December 31, you spent some time lighting some candles, no doubt to make the scene more romantic’, he said. 

He also suggested she had played with Traviss’ cats before they had consensual sex that night. 

The alleged victim said she did not report the rapes immediately because she feared it would be publicised. 

‘Reg was sort of a public figure, and I was worried about this story being in the press’, she said. 

‘I was worried about my name being published, but either way people were saying to me to go to hospital to get a rape kit.’ 

Traviss, of (Flat B), 44 Devonshire Street, Marylebone, denies two counts of rape.

The trial continues.

ENDS