Dubai: A jobless man has been accused of having forcible sex with a woman friend after he invited her along with a group of friends for dinner at a luxury hotel in Palm Jumeirah.

The 29-year-old Emirati man was said to have called up his 36-year-old Lebanese woman friend and invited her and others to a fancy dinner at the hotel in March.

The man drove to the woman’s place and picked her up along with her female friend, according to records, before he drove to Palm Jumeirah.

An Emirati male friend later joined the group for dinner at the restaurant.

The 29-year-old informed the Lebanese woman that he had made a room reservation for her to stay overnight and had also reserved a room for himself.

Following the dinner, the 29-year-old called the 36-year-old woman and told her that he needed a charger to charge his phone before she informed him that she had one in her room.

The Emirati went up to the woman’s room and asked her not to take any liquor from the minibar because he had arranged for alcohol and mixed nuts from outside the hotel.

The Emirati and the Lebanese sat at the balcony drinking and eating mixed nuts for sometime and when the woman walked into the room, the man tried to flirt with her, but she rejected him.

The man repeatedly tried to touch the woman and lure her to bed with him, but she persistently cut him off, said records.

Thereafter the man turned violent, pulled her by her hair, threw her on the bed, pinned her down and raped her. When she tried to leave the room after taking shower, the man prevented her and threatened her. He also allegedly assaulted her physically and threatened to kill her.

The woman was said to have sworn before him that she would not report him to the police and begged him to allow her to leave for the sake of her children. Once she reached the lobby, the woman informed the first security guard she came across about what had happened.

After summoning the police, the woman was taken to hospital for medical check-ups.

Prosecutors accused the Emirati suspect of raping the woman.

The suspect failed to show up before the Dubai Court of First Instance where he was scheduled to enter his plea on Thursday.

The woman testified to prosecutors that the suspect invited her for dinner and told her that he had prepared a surprise for her.

“He invited me to go to the luxury hotel where he told me that he had booked a room for me. Then he picked my friend and I and we all went there for dinner at 9.30pm. When we reached the reception, I collected my room key after he paid the fees. After dinner, he called me and said he needed a phone charger … he came to my room. We had alcohol and mixed nuts in the balcony. When I entered the room, he followed me and forced himself on me … I resisted him and rejected his sexual advancements but he was stronger. He muzzled and stifled me during rape,” she claimed to prosecutors.

Presiding judge Urfan Omar adjourned the hearing until September 18.