Evidence ... Sunderland defender Titus Bramble
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Titus: Girls only go back to footballers’ hotels for sex
Ace Bramble tells bruv rape trial
By ROBIN PERRIEFOOTIE ace Titus Bramble told his brother's rape trial yesterday that when girls go back to a footballer's hotel, it is for sex.
The Sunderland defender, 29, said: "People do make assumptions. I'm no different. I shouldn't, but I do."I assume that when a girl's coming back to a hotel after the club it's for sex. Because of my job we get a lot of female attention."
Accused ... Tesfaye Bramble
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Titus was giving evidence at the trial of brother Tesfaye, 30.
He is accused of raping a teenager after a night out in Newcastle in September last year.
Titus told Leeds Crown Court he and Tesfaye had been out drinking after a Sunderland match before his brother returned to the hotel with the alleged victim.
The woman, then 19, has told the court she fell asleep in one of the rooms booked by the footballer at the city's Vermont Hotel.
She told the jury she later woke to find Tesfaye having sex with her.
Tesfaye, a former footballer, denies rape.
He told the court yesterday the woman had been "partially conscious", adding: "I basically got into the bed and tried my luck.
"If it happened, it happened. If it didn't, it was no problem."
He claimed the woman had kissed him before the encounter developed into sex, adding he was surprised when she suddenly left.
The court has heard that the accused, of Ipswich, told police after his arrest: "They don't just come back to the hotel to go to sleep, they come back for sex."
Trial continues.
Hotel ... alleged scene