North Melbourne AFL player Majak Daw will stand trial after pleading not guilty to raping a teenage girl in 2007.
The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, described how she told the sportsman "no" but he went on to seriously sexually assault her near a creek during a party in Melbourne's west.
According to court documents released on Tuesday, the alleged victim - who was 16 at the time - said she screamed "get off me" but Daw put his hand over her mouth to silence her.
The woman said she was extremely scared and frightened and struck out at her attacker, who then restrained her by holding her hands above her head.
"I knew I was not going to be able to stop him," the woman said in her statement to police.
She gave evidence at Daw's committal hearing in a closed session on Monday.
Other witnesses also appeared during the day-and-a-half long hearing, which saw Daw enter his not guilty pleas to three counts of rape.
"I do find the evidence is of sufficient weight to support a conviction to all three charges," Magistrate Donna Bakos said.
Daw, who was also 16 at the time but is now 23, is on bail and was told he must attend a directions hearing on Wednesday.
Earlier, a male friend of the victim told the court how she appeared "very emotional" when she was eventually found by a female friend after going missing from the party.
"It was hard to get anything out of her," he told the court.
He said eventually the girl told them she had been raped by Daw.
The witness said he then carried the girl to the front of the property in Altona Meadows "because she was so emotional".
"She couldn't stand up," he said.
The victim went on to tell a teacher about the alleged attack, but decided not to pursue the matter with the authorities as she "felt disgusted in myself" and that she was partly to blame by walking away from the party with Daw.
The footballer was the first Sudan-born player to reach the AFL and has played 14 games since joining North Melbourne in 2009.
The club says it will support him and that he will remain available to play for the Kangaroos' AFL and VFL sides.
The AFL has backed the club's decision but has restricted Daw, who is one of the league's multicultural ambassadors, from making promotional appearances.
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