Stripper Naggs found not guilty in sex toy attack
Linda Maree Naggs, 40, appeared relieved when the verdict was read out in the County Court this afternoon.
She later wept as Judge Tim Wood formally discharged her.
The jury took approximately 90 minutes to reach a verdict.
Outside court, her lawyer James Dowsley said his client wished to thank the jury for the attention they gave to the case and their verdict.
Naggs smiled, but refused to answer reporters’ questions as she left the court area.
The complainant was not in court.
Ms Naggs was accused of raping the best man at a 2007 buck’s party with a sex toy.
During the trial, the complainant told the County Court he urged Ms Naggs not to put the sex toy into his anus and was shocked when she did.
“I was pretty upset at that stage,” he said. “I could feel something was there.”
The best man told the court he scuffled with Naggs and told her to leave after the incident.
“She said it was just a joke, just a joke. I knew that there was something wrong down there.”
He said when he asked for his money back, the stripper threatened to call in bikies.
Ms Naggs’ barrister Paul Higham told jurors if there had been penetration it was an accident.
“This is the case of the accidental rape, if there was one,” he said.
Prosecutor Kieran Gilligan said the best man had booked Ms Naggs, who performed under the name Tiffany, for the buck’s party on the Mornington Peninsula.
During Ms Naggs’ performance, the best man’s shirt was removed and she asked him to take off his jeans, Mr Gilligan said. The court heard he was naked from the knees up.
Mr Gilligan said Ms Naggs directed him to get on all fours before she strapped the sex toy to herself.
When he raised concerns about where she might put the sex toy, Mr Gilligan said she replied: “Not a problem, relax, it’s only fun, I won’t go there.”
But the best man claims she penetrated him anyway, before telling him “don’t worry, only you and I know”, the jury was told.
Courtesy News.com.au: Australia
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