A former student is suing an Australian National University college over an alleged sexual assault during a hazing ritual five years ago.
The ACT Supreme Court heard the alleged incident happened during what was called "pub golf" at John XXIII College in 2015.
The woman's barrister, Tony Bartley, said pub golf was one of a series of college practices which involved excessive drinking at the college and other venues.
"Pub golf involved par being a minimum not a maximum of alcohol," he said.
Mr Bartley told the court, the woman woke in her own bed the next day, with her jeans and underwear pulled down.
"The plaintiff has no independent memory of what happened to her," he said.
But Mr Bartley told the court, about 10 days later a close friend heard the alleged offender boasting about "his success" on pub golf night.
He told the court, the woman then went to the man's room where she taped a conversation in which he said they had sex.
Mr Bartley said the woman had also used another phone for a friend to listen in to the conversation.
"She felt she had to know what happened that night," he told the court.
College 'failed in its duty of care', court told
Mr Bartley said the case would allege the college failed in its duty of care.
He gave a long description of the culture at the college, saying young female students were referred to as "dingoes" — a term suggesting promiscuity — while male students were known as "tusks".
Mr Bartley told the court that the students were in a serious state of intoxication by 9:00pm on the night of the alleged incident, when college staff ordered they clear out.
He said it was "inconceivable" to do such a thing, considering the intoxicated state the students were in.
Mr Bartley said the case would point to the clear risk of alcohol driven sexual violence at the time.
He said case would also address the way the college handled the woman's complaint, including a conversation in which she was queried about her own level of intoxication, and the suggestion that she made a false allegation.
The college is fighting the claim and disputes the woman's account.
