article_snippet.sent: We have got this under control'.
article_snippet.sent: In his defence him has hired Mr Lankler.
article_snippet.sent: In his opening statement Mr Lankler said that the prosecution had been 'rushed' and that there were 'critical inconsistencies in the stories provided by the victim and the witnesses'.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Lankler said that the facts were 'entirely consistent with the circumstances under which consensual sex occurs' but that it could have been 'perhaps regrettable consensual sex'.
article_snippet.sent: Before the allegation of rape the evening had been fun for all concerned and everyone had been taking pictures together, Mr Lankler said.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Lankler said: 'This is not a case that involves an allegation of rape in some back alley between people who are completely unknown to each other'.