Adam Johnson ‘made teenage victim out to be a liar’

A teenage girl has told a jury how she was no longer trying to protect England footballer Adam Johnson following a sexual encounter in his car because he made her out to be a liar.

The girl, now 16, has told Bradford Crown Court about sex acts that allegedly took place in the former Sunderland winger’s Range Rover when she was 15.

She has described how she did not mention some of the more serious activity at first because she was trying to protect the player. She was asked by Orlando Pownall QC, defending Johnson, whether she was still trying to protect the 28-year-old.