A Sydney chiropractor has denied pulling a female patient's underwear down on the first of 17 appointments he had with her, a jury has heard.
The 32-year-old woman previously told the NSW Supreme Court that she was wearing a long khaki dress at her first appointment with Riaz Behi at his Sydney CBD practice The Back Guys in January 2019.
"I know she was not wearing a dress on that first appointment," Behi said while giving evidence on Tuesday.
"I made no notes of the scar on her abdomen."
The 45-year-old said he would have questioned the Japanese patient or the man accompanying her to the appointment about what had caused the marking.
This occurred on the fifth appointment, he said.
Behi has pleaded not guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault and eight counts of aggravated sexual touching which allegedly took place while he treated her.
Through a Japanese interpreter, she says he progressed from massaging her buttocks to brushing his hands by her genitals and performing oral sex.
She testified on her first appointment Behi had been standing close when he instructed her to "undress and remove her clothing," defence barrister William Brewer said.
"I didn't," Behi replied.
The woman had been dressed in a top and pants that she took off without prompting, which is not unusual for some clients who want to prevent wrinkles in their clothes, he said.
Throughout the appointment the pair communicated with thumb signals due to the language barrier.
He then covered her in a large bath towel from the waist-down and manoeuvred it around according to the position of her body to ensure she was discreetly covered at all times, he said.
The spinal decompression therapy specialist earlier outlined his work over 18 years as a chiropractor at different clinics, having seen up to 10,000 patients in his lifetime, over 120,000 appointments.
Mr Brewer asked if he had ever been reprimanded, given notice or had any issues arise from his work besides this case.
"Nothing at all."
Behi said due to the mysterious nature of his work he is constantly asking patients for consent before performing any work, multiple times in one session
The trial before Judge Donna Woodburne and a jury of five women and seven men continues.
