A world-renowned professional musician has denied sexually assaulting a woman while she was in a drunken sleep after they had dined together to celebrate separations from their respective partners. 9News
The then-principal French horn player went out for dinner with the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in December 2020.The woman alleges she woke to Jacks digitally penetrating her.Crown prosecutor Rossi Kotsis showed the jury text messages in which Jacks, who has performed as guest principal with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, apologised for the incident.
"I can't believe I woke up with your hands inside me??? Not very cool friend!! I had just spewed my guts up in your garden and was so drunk I could barely tell you my own name," the woman wrote.Jacks replied: "My god, I'm really sorry, f---, I hope you forgive me. Not cool at all, totally correct, apart from that, it was a great night."Jacks: "No I'm really sorry, I was totally hammered and not thinking straight. I feel really bad. Really terrible.
Jacks responded: "It was a night of excess which had me acting so far out of my character that I am in a state of complete shock as to where we are. I too thought we were having dinner as friends."to receive our daily newsletters and breaking news alerts, sent straight to your inbox.
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