Airbnb host ‘raped by graphic designer who was her first ever visitor’

A well-travelled graphic designer raped his Airbnb host as she welcomed him as her first ever visitor, a jury was informed at the moment.

Diego Dellarovere, 43, of Holland Road in West Kensington, London, is alleged to have sexually assaulted and raped the lady at her flat in Croydon in 2021.

Croydon Crown Court was proven a video-recorded police interview along with his alleged sufferer.

She gave detectives an account of how she claimed to have barricaded herself in her personal bed room together with her pets and hid her kitchen knives following the assault.

Dellarovere denies costs of rape, sexual assault and assault by penetration.

Diego Dellarovere, 43, is on trial accused of raping a girl who welcomed him into her dwelling as an Airbnb visitor

Dellarovere is alleged to have requested to provide his sufferer a therapeutic massage earlier than he attacked her

Dellarovere outdoors Croydon Crown Court, the place he’s standing trial on costs of rape and sexual assault

In the interview the lady, who can’t be recognized for authorized causes, informed detectives: ‘I used to be simply going to report this to Airbnb and depart it at that. My preliminary ideas had been it was pointless as a result of it was not going to go wherever.

‘Then my thought was that he’s probably going to try this to somebody once more so I would like his title to be flagged.’

The girl mentioned she turned a number to profit from the spare room in her flat, and thought it unusual that Dellarovere wanted a one-night Airbnb since he lived elsewhere in London.

However, she accepted the reserving, and as she welcomed him into her dwelling she poured them each a glass of wine. The accused then started rubbing her shoulders.

The girl continued in her assertion: ‘He talked about therapeutic massage at that time and was following me very shut and got here behind me and began rubbing my shoulders and I mentioned: “No thanks.”

‘Then after I was sitting on the sofa he was touching my legs and mentioned: “Put on spa music and I can give you a massage.” He was saying: “I have oil. I will give you a massage.” 

‘I felt like he was simply taking a look at me and never wanting simply small discuss and that is when issues turned.’

Dellarovere is then alleged to have grabbed the lady, ‘fairly strongly pulling me in’ whilst she struggled to push him away.

He is then alleged to have put his hand into her leggings as she mentioned: ‘I do not need this,’ earlier than flattening his trousers and his underwear.

After allegedly forcing her to carry out a intercourse act, Dellarovere is then mentioned to have adopted his sufferer round her kitchen making an attempt to seize her.

She continued: ‘He began grabbing me once more and I mentioned: “You’re really p***ing me off now,” and he walked away, tidied himself up and went into the spare bed room.

‘I went to my bed room and he was texting me, asking: “Are you sure?” after which texted me that he was sorry and requested if I used to be indignant.

‘I used to be scared as a result of he didn’t get what he needed and would exit and convey somebody again.’

She gathered her pet canine and cat and took cowl in her bed room, pulling a bit of furnishings throughout the door to barricade herself in.

She additionally hid her knife block, saying: ‘I didn’t know what he was able to doing.’

Dellarovere, who had her door keys, returned to the flat at 2.00am after ‘going for a stroll’ and spent the night time within the spare room.

Before leaving the subsequent morning he informed the host: ‘I’ll depart evaluation.’

She left a impartial Airbnb evaluation about Dellarovere as a visitor, which appeared to harass him, the courtroom heard.

She added: ‘He responded with an indignant face emoji and there was some backwards and forwards messaging through which he mentioned it was consensual and utilizing block capitals mentioned I favored it.’

Dellarovere then despatched additional WhatsApp messages to the lady, together with: ‘You are repressed,’ ‘You’re not particular person,’ ‘You have to be extra in your soul not your thoughts,’ ‘Be an grownup, not a child,’ and ‘I did not see any objections from you.’

Dellarovere then blocked the lady, however contacted her once more when she reported to Airbnb her considerations about his keep, leading to her in the end blocking him.

The trial continues.