The retrial of a man accused of drugging his stepdaughter and fondling her breasts began in the Wellington District Court today.
The girl sat in the witness box with a screen blocking her view of her stepfather.
The court was shown a video of the stepdaughter's interview with police on October 2, 2007 - the day after the alleged incident.
The girl, who was 14 at the time, said she had a sore neck and during the day had asked the man, a former massage therapist, to give her a massage.
She said that night, while her mother was at work, the man made her a deal that if she could drink five glasses of Red Bull and Vodka he would give her $30.
The man suggested they go into his bedroom in case her half-brother woke up and saw her drinking alcohol. She told police he had given her the money then produced three pills for her to take, telling her they were vitamins.
Asked why she took the pills she replied, "because they were vitamins. He's my dad and I trusted him".
Blood tests later showed the girl had traces of the drug Temazepam - a sleeping pill prescribed to her stepfather - in her system.
She said the man then began pouring her drinks until she finished all five.
"I kind of got wasted."
He then suggested she stripped to her bikini top to help with the massage which she did before lying on his waterbed.
She said during the massage she passed out and awoke to find her bikini top had been pulled up and her stepfather was fondling her breasts.
She said he was straddling her on the bed and had stripped down to his underwear.
Defence lawyer Steve Gill said the girl's mother claimed the man would not have been able to straddle her on the bed as he suffered a motor neuron disease.
The girl said while he was straddling her, the man kissed her and asked "How do you like that?"
"It was disgusting," she replied.
She said he put his hand over her mouth and told her to "shush".
The next morning her half-sister encouraged her to go to the police.
The girl said she told her mother who became angry, telling her to "pack my bags and get out because she never wanted to see my face again".
Mr Gill told the court the stepfather's version of events differed greatly from the girl's.
Mr Gill said the girl had asked for a drink. He said the man had gone outside for a smoke and returned to find the girl sculling straight from the vodka bottle.
Forensic examination of the two vodka bottles found in the house showed no evidence of the girl's DNA or fingerprints.
Mr Gill told the court the girl's family said she had initially claimed the man raped her.
He said on the way to the police station the next day her half-sister had told her there were tests to check if someone had been raped so she changed her story, "to one which couldn't be disproved by a test".
"What has happened is you have got yourself into a complete mess and you were looking to blame anyone for that," he suggested.
Mr Gill asked whether the girl had in fact been given the pills by friends and taken them of her own accord.
The previous trial ended with a hung jury.
