A girl allegedly raped by the youngest son of boxer Chris Eubank received a message hours later saying: Hey pup, are you ready for round two?, a court heard.
Joseph Eubank, 27, went on trial at Lewes Crown Court in East Sussex today charged with two counts of raping the 16-year-old during the incident near Brighton Pier.
The girl claims Eubank dragged her over a pebble beach when she was too drunk to stand up, before forcing her over the stones then raping her on July 16, 2022.
The court was told she had a message on her phone sent a couple of hours after the incident from an unknown number, saying: Hey pup, are you ready for round two?.
Jurors heard she became scared, deleted the message and blocked the number – before mentioning it to her mother about it two months later then telling police.
Joseph Eubank arrives at Lewes Crown Court in East Sussex this morning for his rape trial
The court was told that the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was out celebrating a friends birthday on the night the alleged attack took place.
She had been drinking vodka with friends before they got separated and she was approached by a man she had never met before, while she was looking for her lost phone, the court heard.
Opening the case, prosecutor Beverly Cripps said the girl had never been drunk like that before and couldnt see straight, and was holding onto the bar where she was standing by some steps because she was swaying.
The prosecutor said the teenager remembered Eubank asking her age, to which she replied 16, and he said he was 26 before saying something like lets go look at the moon.
Joseph Eubank arrives at Lewes Crown Court today to face charges of two counts of rape
Ms Cripps said: She said that he had initially been friendly but had become more aggressive as he grabbed her wrist and pulled her up moving her quickly down the beach on each time she fell.
She described her confusion as to how she had got so far down the beach.
In a video interview speaking to police, the girl recalled how she kept falling down on the stones because she was too drunk to stand up, and how he had a hold of her wrist, adding: It was quite tight, he kept pulling me back up and I was falling on the stones.
Pretty sure he kissed me, I was very confused, I didnt realise I had been dragged down to the beach bit.
She told police Mr Eubank helped up when she fell at least two or three times before sitting down next to her.
Joseph Eubank at Lewes Crown Court today as his trial begins over rape allegations in Brighton
She said: I was very drunk. I couldnt see straight. I couldnt stand up. I kept falling down on the stones, because I couldnt stand up really. I hadnt drunk like that, like ever.
The girl added he was rushing to get down the beach and he pulled her down to the bottom of the groynes near the sea during the incident at around 11.30pm.
It was down on the beach where the girl said he forced her down on him, before she was on her front lying on the stones and she realised afterwards she had been raped, the court heard.
Asked what was going through her head, she told police: I was thinking: how did I get into this position? It felt like I was up at the steps a second ago.
Jurors were told after Eubank walked away and she was immediately upset and crying, and found her friends phone to call them and tell them what happened.
The charges relate to an alleged incident near Brighton Pier (file picture) on July 16, 2022
She told police she said to her friend: I said some guy took me down to the bottom of the beach and I think he raped me.
I think after that I was just crying for about half an hour probably.
Ms Cripps told the jurors there is no dispute on behalf of Eubank that he intentionally penetrated the teenager, but that the issue was of consent.
The Crown say (she) is vulnerable because of her age, drunken condition... (she was) so intoxicated she was drifting in and out and had a dim appreciation of what happened to her and therefore did not consent.
Joseph Eubanks case is she did consent and she was able to do so freely.
A file photograph of Joseph Eubank (left) with father Chris Eubank Senior (centre) and brother Chris Eubank Junior (right)
The court also heard how a beach cleaner found the girls phone - and when it was returned to her she found a message from an unknown number sent a couple of hours after the incident saying: Hey pup, are you ready for round two?
The girl said of the message: That really scared me. I didnt know what to do. I immediately blocked the number and deleted it.
Ms Cripps said: She saw a message Hey pup are you ready for round two. She was immediately scared, deleted the message and blocked the number.
She said she told her mother about two months later and she had pushed it away in her mind. As the investigation progressed, she brought it to police attention.
The defendant is the youngest son of former superstar boxer Chris Eubank Senior, 58, and the brother of professional boxer Chris Eubank Junior, 35.
Eubank denies two counts of rape. The trial continues.