Jade Goody's widow [sic] in court on rape charge

Okay, buddy - lots of people are grieving - your excuse is over. :mad:


http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/10041...n_people_india

Jade Goody's widow in court on rape charge

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LONDON (AFP) - The widower of reality television star Jade Goody twice raped a teenager after pestering her for a threesome, a court heard on Monday.

Jack Tweed, 22, raped the then 19-year-old twice before his friend Anthony Davis, 26, raped her too, in an attack at Tweed's house, Snaresbrook Crown Court in east London was told.

Prosecutor Linda Strudwick said the alleged victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, met Tweed in a city centre nightclub before going to his house in east London early on September 4 last year.

She was shy and "made it plain to both defendants that she was not interested in them sexually", Strudwick said.

But Davis pushed her into a bedroom and called for Tweed to join him, the court heard.

"Anthony Davis held the door shut, saying to Jack Tweed 'Don't worry, Jack, I've got the door, do what you've got to do'."

At first the woman thought they were just "lads being lads" but as she realised what was happening she became "frozen with fear", Strudwick said.

Tweed denies two counts of rape while Davis denies one count of the same charge. Both defendants are on bail.

Goody, who died of cervical cancer on March 22 last year aged 27, found fame after appearing on "Big Brother" in 2002, becoming a full-time celebrity.

She saw her notoriety go global when she subjected Indian film star Shilpa Shetty to racist bullying on "Celebrity Big Brother" in 2007.

The mother of two's death sparked worldwide interest.

Has since been found not guilty.