{"id":647744,"date":"2026-06-19T20:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/647744\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:17:12","slug":"river-city-actor-gave-unreliable-evidence-in-rape-trial-says-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/647744\/","title":{"rendered":"River City actor gave &#8216;unreliable&#8217; evidence in rape trial, says prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Among the accusations involving another woman &#8211; a fellow actor &#8211; is that Robertson assaulted, threatened and harassed her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Keenan recalled how the witness spoke of him &#8220;spitting out words&#8221; and being &#8220;disproportionately angry&#8221; at times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The prosecutor also reminded jurors of claims Robertson sent items &#8211; including Graze snack boxes &#8211; to the 40 year-old at theatres where she was performing after they broke up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Keenan said: &#8220;You may ask what is so bad at sending someone gifts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But, if you are look at the whole evidence, if it is from someone who is violent and controlling then, I suggest, it takes on a far more sinister twist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The prosecutor said the accusations involving the final woman were less serious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But he alleged she was still subjected to &#8220;confusing behaviour&#8221; and claims Robertson also pushed her while they were staying at his hut in Carbeth, Stirlingshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Regarding Robertson&#8217;s own testimony, Keenan said his denials and account of what happened included details &#8220;thought up on the hoof to explain difficult scenarios&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added if the actor was correct then &#8220;four unconnected individuals&#8221;, other than their link to him, had &#8220;made-up&#8221; allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I urge you to reject the evidence of him as wholly incredible and unreliable,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The prosecutor said his &#8220;denials ring hollow when contrasted with their accounts&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Among the accusations involving another woman &#8211; a fellow actor &#8211; is that Robertson assaulted, threatened and harassed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-647744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}