Police talk to Brooke witness

Robin Brooke. Photo / Getty Images

The witness who claims to have seen Robin Brooke having sex with her comatose teenage friend has been in talks with police.

The woman, now in her 30s, said she contacted police officers over concerns about the matter going to trial.

She admits going to the New Zealand Rugby Union in 1998 with allegations that she saw Brooke having sex with her unconscious friend following a drinking session in Christchurch after a test match.

After speaking to All Blacks manager Mike Banks, the woman was paid $1500 by Brooke to keep the matter quiet.

She sought advice last week from the police after the allegations were made public on TVNZ current affairs show Close Up.

She told the Herald on Sunday: "I rang the police myself. I wanted to see what all of the possible outcomes were. The police explained different things that could happen.

"I am just worried about it because Robin Brooke has got enough money to hire a really amazing lawyer. We were not angels, that's going to be picked apart and that's not going to be nice.

"I saw it, I dealt with the All Black management. They are going to be the ones that pull apart my life and make me out to be this horrible person. I'm really stressed."

The alleged victim is said to be still weighing up whether she will go make a formal police complaint.

A spokeswoman at National Police Headquarters confirmed no charges had been laid.

The New Zealand Rugby Union did not return calls.

Brooke's lawyer Richard Earwaker said the former Auckland Blues player would not be comment.

A spokeswoman for Foodstuffs said Brooke's position as a franchisee of the New World supermarket in Tauranga was still under review.