A SHOWJUMPER had a “mutual agreement” with his girlfriend to cheat before he forced an underage girl into sex with him and a horse rider, a court heard.
Guy Simmonds, 37, and Lauren Jarvis, 26, are accused of targeting the girl despite knowing she was under 16.
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Equestrian boss Simmonds called himself “daddy” in messages to the youngster and would abuse her while his girlfriend Rebecca Dimes was away, jurors heard.
Ms Dimes told Cardiff Crown Court today how she gave her permission for Simmonds to have sex with other women on the understanding that she “did not want to know anything about it.”
Prosecutor James Hartson said: “You say there was an understanding that he might stray. Did he say ‘This is how it is going to be?’”
Giving evidence, Miss Dimes said: “No. It was a mutual understanding.”
The court heard the couple met on Tinder before moving in together in 2022.
Ms Dimes said in her evidence that the alleged victim would “tell stories” and often spoke about sex.
She also denied she had been “coached or manipulated” by Simmonds over what to tell jurors.
The court heard in January 2024, he messaged fellow rider Jarvis to organise a “threesome” at her home – asking when he should “pop over”.
Simmonds then allegedly text the girl to inform her of the plan, telling her: “You will both do what daddy says.”
The girl told the court Simmonds got her and Jarvis to “do stuff” with each other before he had sex with both of them.
Jurors heard previously Simmonds messaged Jarvis after the alleged encounter to say: “You both loved that haha”.
Jarvis then replied: “Yeah, you missed round two” with a wink emoji.
They later hatched a “pact of silence” when they got wind that the girl was talking about it, the court heard.
Simmonds text Jarvis, saying: “Hey, I have a feeling that [name of alleged victim] has said about us.
“If anyone asks for sake of both of us nothing ever happened that night xx.”
Jarvis replied: “Hey, who’s she told? Oh god has she really, what’s she trying to do, make our lives hell? Of course I will xx.”
Simmonds ran a riding school that offered “showjumping horse production and sales, coaching and schooling” in the village of Undy in Wales.
He added the girl on Facebook and told her “thanks for accepting” before being told her age, it is said.
The experienced showjumper would allegedly regularly take the girl into a horsebox to sexually abuse her while they were alone at the stables.
Jurors heard that at one point, this was happening every couple of days when Simmonds’ girlfriend was away.
The alarm was raised when the girl told her dad what had allegedly happened and he alerted police.
In her police interview, the girl said she felt she could not just walk away because she was scared Simmonds would “hurt me”.
She added: “I wasn’t smiling and stuff when this was going on. If you looked at my face you could tell there was fear.”
The girl claimed there was one occasion where Simmonds took out his phone and allegedly began filming her.
She told police he had a “little smirk on his face”, the court heard.
Simmonds later dumped his mobile in a bin at a Tesco just days before he was arrested for alleged sexual contact with a child.
He denied he was attempting to destroy evidence – and claimed the phone was broken when he was quizzed by police.
The court heard he also burned or threw away a mattress from his horse box where he is accused of repeatedly having sex with the victim.
Simmonds told police he did not have any form of sexual contact with the victim.
He also claimed any messages about the alleged encounter were “banter and a wind up.”
Simmonds denies six counts of sexual activity with a child, while Jarvis has pleaded not guilty to one charge of sexual activity with a child.
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