Jurors heard that after the earlier of the two alleged attacks, the woman awoke the next morning with a scratch at her nose.

Asked if he knew how that happened, Robertson stated: “I have no idea. I had feather pillows. They scratch me regularly.

“I did nothing here to cause the scratching.”

Robertson accepted there had been “friction” before the other alleged assault after a plan to see the then latest Hobbit film was aborted, but denied he had been violent with the woman.

He also insisted he did not “harass” her or track her movements, claiming the Graze box subscription had been “set up” for the woman.

The defence KC went on to probe Robertson about claims he raped the third woman – who he knew from River City – between 2018 and 2019.

He told the jury he had consensual sex “on a number of occasions” with her.

Allan put to him: “Did you ever detect in her reaction to any of your sexual overtures that she did not want to engage in intercourse with you?”

Robertson: “Absolutely not. I am aware to know if the person is not as present as I am in what we are doing.

“I am sensitive enough to be aware there are non-verbal ways to communicate.”