victim I was 'threatened', asked to withdraw case against Pomersbach: victim

The American woman allegedly molested by Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach on Friday told a Delhi court that she was being threatened "apparently" by a foreign coach associated with the Royal Challengers Banglore team in the IPL. The woman appeared in the court and told metropolitan 


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magistrate Navita Kumari Bagha that she was being pressured to take back the molestation case against Pomersbach.
"They threatened me three-four hours ago. When I went back to the hotel to take my belongings, I was given threats apparently by the coach of the team. He introduced himself as the coach of the team.

"Pressure is being mounted on me to withdraw the case but I will not do so," the woman said.

Pomersbach allegedly molested her and assaulted her fiance on Thursday at a five-star hotel in New Delhi after the IPL party.

The Australian cricketer, arrested on charges of molesting an American woman in a hotel on Thursday night, was on Friday granted interim bail for a day by a Delhi court.

The woman, who was accompanied by two of her friends, broke down in the court room before commencement of the hearing and was seen being consoled by them.

During the proceedings, the woman narrated the whole incident to the court and also showed the photograph of her fiance Sahil, who was severely beaten up allegedly by the cricketer and is admitted in ICU in a hospital.

"He just tried to save me and that's how he was hurt," she said.

To a court's query, the woman said she had come to India to meet his fiance, who lives in Mumbai, two months ago and had come to Delhi to watch the IPL match.

There was drama during the 30-minute proceedings, when the 27-year-old batsman, playing for Royal Challengers, Bangalore, in the IPL, complained of uneasiness and fainted while the victim broke down when she narrated the incident.

Policemen took him outside the court room and gave him water after which he regained composure to come back to the court room made stuffy by the crowd of lawyers, journalists and onlookers.

Pomersbach, who has had a history of brawls and brush with police in his country, and accused of outraging the modesty of a woman in New Delhi on Thursday night after a post-match party, was granted relief by metropolitan magistrate Navita Kumari Bagha till Saturday.

The Magistrate directed the Delhi Police to bring the CCTV footage from the hotel on Saturday along with the medical records showing the nature of injury caused to the woman's fiance Sahil, who is admitted in ICU in a private hospital in New Delhi after being allegedly beaten by Pomersbach.

"The accused is granted interim bail till tomorrow," the magistrate said.

"Bring the CCTV footage of the hotel and the doctors opinion about the nature of the injuries sustained by him (the woman's fiancee Sahil)," the court said.