A friend of former model Sophie Anderton was dumped on the pavement ‘like a rag doll’ after being raped and beaten by a doorman at a top celebrity nightclub.
Bulgarian body-builder and part-time model Vasil Makaveev, 28, is accused of ‘luring’ the drunken victim into the toilets after closing before sexually assaulting her.
Staggering back to the bar, staff at The Collection were alerted by her hysterical screams, but instead of calling for aid, they dragged her to the exit where she was ‘dumped unceremoniously on the street’.
The venue in South Kensington, London, is popular hangout for Chelsea footballers and regularly welcomes ‘A’-list celebrities, including Princes William and Harry, Angelina Jolie, Jay Z , Hugh Grant and Elton John.
A medical examination the following day found more than 20 bruises and abrasions on the victim’s body. Traces of Makaveev’s bodily fluid were also found on her underwear.
The petite beauty had spent the day in early June watching polo with friends at West London’s exclusive Hurlingham Club before heading for drinks with Miss Anderton at The Collection.
She continued to drink white wine and champagne into the early hours and was the last person remaining at the club after saying goodbye to her friends.
It was after the doors closed that Makaveev ‘preyed’ on the young woman said Lisa Wilding, prosecuting.
‘We say this was a deliberate and calculated attack by a man who had responsibility for the welfare of everyone at the club, never mind a young, drunk, single girl,’ she said.
‘He preyed on her vulnerability by virtue of her drunkenness seconds after her male companion had left and lured her into the privacy of the toilets.’
She added: ‘The club was closed, it was empty. She was the only person left. We say he targeted her and lured her into the toilet and had his way with her.’
Miss Wilding said the victim believed she was going to the toilets, which are not covered by CCTV, to snort cocaine with the bouncer.
‘She definitely did not go to the toilets to engage in any sexual activity whatsoever with a man she had only just met and did not know,’ she said.
‘She told him ‘no’, she struggled and she resisted and she found the whole episode disgusting. As soon as she could make good her escape, she ran from the toilets and into the bar.
‘The CCTV shows she was hysterical, extremely upset and angry.’
But Makaveev followed her back to the bar and restrained her after she became increasingly frantic, Kingston Crown Court heard yesterday.
The restaurant manager and other staff were alerted by her cries, but instead of assisting her, they helped the doorman drag her out on to the street.
‘She is seen being picked up like a shop mannequin and carried out by this defendant helped by this colleagues, before she’s dumped unceremoniously on the street like a ragdoll,’ said Miss Wilding.
The doors were then shut, leaving the hysterical woman sobbing on the pavement.
But 10 minutes later club staff relented and came to her aid, and an ambulance was flagged down.
She remained highly agitated and screamed ‘nonce, pervert’ every time Makaveev approached her.
The police were called at 1.44am and the victim reported the attack to a female officer before she was taken to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Forensic officers who went to the club, where Chelsea star Ashley Cole was arrested earlier this year, found traces of Makaveev’s semen in the cubicle where the alleged attack took place.
Makaveev, of Northolt, Middlesex, denies one charge of rape.
The doorman, who has worked at the exclusive club for the past six years, does not deny a sexual act took place but claims it was consensual.
The case continues.
