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A RADA graduate and ex-BBC employee, who is now the technical director of a top production agency, raped a teenage waiter he wooed on gay dating-app GRINDR after their first date, a court heard today.
Adam Sissons, 28, was a production assistant on the third series of hit show Gavin and Stacey and now works for INCA Productions on events for clients including Jaguar, L’Oreal, Topshop and Marks & Spencer.
He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2009 with a qualification in Stage Management & Technical Theatre and went on to work for the Royal Albert Hall, National Theatre and the BBC.
Prosecutor Miss Corinne Bramwell told the Blackfriars Crown Court jury Sissons began communicating with the 19 year-old via GRINDR after being served by him in an Angel restaurant.
On October 9, 2014 they enjoyed their first date at the nearby Narrow Boat pub, where they kissed and the defendant groped the younger man between the legs.
They walked back to Sissons’ flat in Gainsborough Studios, Poole Street, Hoxton. “They took part in some consensual sexual activity in the bedroom,” explained Miss Bramwell.
The jury heard Sissons then used a sex aid - a butt plug -
on the teenager, who said: “It hurts. Please don’t do it, take it out.”
“He was not consenting to that act, but Mr. Sissons moved the complainant’s hands away and the complainant says he felt scared and powerless.”
The court heard Sissons then “straddled” his date and raped him. “The complainant tried to prevent penetration, but his hands were pushed away.
“He said: ’Stop. I don’t want to’ and afterwards Mr. Sissons asked him: ‘Is everything okay?’”
On October 19 the defendant was arrested and admitted there was sexual activity, but insisted it was with consent.
Sissons has pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and one count of assault penetration.
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