Yet another lurid episode of the Shane Warne soap opera unfolded in Sydney on Wednesday when a court heard a statement by a girl who accused the leg spinner of kissing her in an inappropriate manner.
The statement by Aleasha Black was heard as her uncle, Gold Coast businessman Christopher Kent, was contesting allegations he tried to blackmail the Australian Cricket Board, since named Cricket Australia, for $5000 after the alleged kiss.
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She described how she was cruising with friends in the Southport area when they saw a small crowd clustered around an Audi convertible with Warne and Lee inside.
Soon after Aleasha and her friends drove alongside the cricketers and the teenagers yelled encouragement for the team's next match, according to her statement, which comes at a time when Warne is embroiled in yet another sex scandal with a South African woman.
Aleasha, then a 16-year-old, said Warne asked them to follow his car.
When both cars pulled up at a nearby hotel, the cricketer beckoned Aleasha to approach his car.
She introduced herself and the pair chatted before Warne said he had to return to Brisbane but wanted to see her again and asked her for her phone number.
"At this time I asked Shane if I could get a kiss goodnight. Shane looked around and said 'yeah, all right'."
Aleasha then put her head into the car and presented her left cheek, expecting a kiss on the cheek, the court heard.
"As I did this Shane grabbed the side of my face and stuck his tongue down my throat. I did kiss him back but this only lasted for about 30 seconds until I eventually pulled away," she said.
As the teenager moved away from the car, Warne allegedly said, "show us your tits, come on give us a look".
Aleasha drove away with her freinds and was later rebuked by her shocked mother that "this would teach me to talk to strangers".
During preliminary investigation into the matter both Warne and Lee denied the teenager's version of the incident.
Kent was later accused of blackmailing the ACB, a charge he denied in a secretly recorded tape of the conversation played in the court on Wednesday.