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Adam Johnson: Teenage girl says footballer ‘made me out to be a liar' Adam Johnson: Teenage girl says footballer ‘made me out to be a liar'
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A teenage girl has told a jury how she was no longer trying to protect England footballer Adam Johnson following a sexual encounter in his car because he made her out to be a liar. A teenage girl has broken down in court after claiming that footballer Adam Johnson “made me out to be a liar” over allegations of sexual activity with a child.
The girl, now 16, has told Bradford Crown Court about sex acts that allegedly took place in the former Sunderland winger's Range Rover when she was 15 years old. Appearing via video link, the alleged victim, now aged 16, told Bradford Crown Court about sex acts that allegedly took place in the footballer’s Range Rover when she was 15-years-old.
She has described how she did not mention some of the more serious activity at first because she was trying to protect the player. Mr Johnson, 28, has previously pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one charge of grooming in relation to the incident.
On Tuesday, she was asked by Orlando Pownall QC, defending Johnson, whether she was still trying to protect the 28-year-old. Mr Johnson currently stands accused of two counts of sexual activity with a child which prosecutors have described as “more serious”. He denies the charges.
Appearing in court by video-link, the girl became upset and tearful as she said: "No, because he did nothing to protect me and he made me out to be a liar." The girl claimed she had been trying to protect the former Sunderland player when she omitted details of the more serious sexual activity.
Johnson, of Castle Eden, Co Durham, has admitted one charge of sexual activity with a child in relation to the incident in the Range Rover on January 30, last year. When Orlando Pownall QC, defending Mr Johnson, asked the teenager is she was still trying to protect the footballer, she replied: “No, because he did nothing to protect me and he made me out to be a liar.”
He has also pleaded guilty to grooming the girl. Referring to a Snapchat message in which she said Mr Johnson was “picking me up this week and I’m riding him,” the girl, who became upset and cried while she gave much of her evidence, said the messages she posted on social media about Mr Johnson had been about “bigging herself up”.
But he denies two further counts of sexual activity with a child relating to the same incident which prosecutors have described as "more serious". “I was trying to big myself up as any 15-year-old girl would.
Speaking through tears for much of her exchange with Mr Pownall, the girl claimed she had been "bigging herself up" with some messages to friends on social media. “When you idolise someone and that happens to you, you’re not thinking at the time.”
Referring to one Snapchat message which was subsequently pasted into Facebook, Mr Pownall asked about her saying: "He's picking me up this week and I'm riding him." Mr Pownall again asked the girl whether she was just trying to protect herself. She said: "I wasn't protecting myself. It made no difference to me whether they knew about me and Adam Johnson. It was him who was going to suffer for it."
The teenager said: "I was trying to big myself up as any 15-year-old girl would." The girl broke down in tears and requested a break. Afterwards she told the court that when she and Mr Johnson had been messaging each other in December 2014 before she had met up with him in his car, she found the exchange “creepy”.
She added: "When you idolise someone and that happens to you, you're not thinking at the time." "I thought that when I told him my age he would have backed off. Who just asks for a random fan's number?"
The girl wiped away tears as she told the jury she never thought she would end up explaining herself in court. Later, the girl told the jury: "Someone texting a 15-year-old girl - they're not completely normal."
Mr Pownall again asked the girl whether she was just trying to protect herself. The trial continues.
She said: "I wasn't protecting myself. It made no difference to me whether they knew about me and Adam Johnson. It was him who was going to suffer for it." Additional reporting by PA
The girl got more upset and she continued to insist she never wanted to get Johnson into trouble.
She said: "I didn't want that to happen to him. I saw myself as playing a part in it as well, I thought I'd done wrong too."
The girl began sobbing again and asked for a break.
The case continues 
Press Association