Allegations against four people accused of the ongoing physical and sexual abuse of three young boys at a NSW performing arts school could have been fabricated, a court has heard.
Defence lawyer Bryan Wrench made the comments while representing Therese Cook, 58, her brother Paul Cook, 52, daughter Yyani Cook-Williams, 29, and an adopted daughter, Clarissa Meredith, 23.
Police have alleged the group abused three boys under the age of eight from 2014 to 2016, with the youngest aged no older than two at the time.
The boys were not students of the performing arts school, but it is alleged the assaults happened at the school and a nearby property, where Paul and Therese Cook and Ms Meredith lived.
Mr Wrench said after reading the statement of facts it appeared "on face value" there was no medical or DNA evidence.
"We are concerned the allegations are fabricated," Mr Wrench told the court.
He also said media reports that there was video evidence of the alleged offences was incorrect.
"There is no such video in existence, on the contrary there is video from one of my clients to show it never happened," he said.
Mr Wrench did not apply for bail for his clients as expected but instead filed a subpoena for the police to provide video evidence.
Outside court, Mr Wrench said his clients were innocent.
The group, along with three others who cannot be named for legal reasons, were last week arrested and charged with a total of 127 offences.
The three unnamed accused are a 20-year-old woman, an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl, all linked to the performing arts school.
The allegations include multiple instances where Ms Cook, Ms Cook-Williams and Ms Meredith would rape the boys in the company of one or more of the others, and in some instances film the assaults.
Ms Cook-Williams is accused of forcing two of the boys, aged four and seven at the time, to have sex with each other on Anzac Day, 2016.
Mr Cook is charged only with watching the assaults and filming.
Police also allege the assaults included blood rituals, where the boys would be forced to drink their own blood.
