Adam Johnson trial: 'He let people call me all the names under the sun', says girl

A teenage girl who had a sexual encounter with footballer Adam Johnson has told a jury she now "absolutely hates" the player, saying: "I've had thousands of people call me a liar for a year."

The teenager told a court she idolised the 28-year-old when they startedmessaging each other in December 2014, and that sexual activity took place between the pair in his car in January last year.

The girl, who is now 16 but was 15 at the time of the incident, has toldJohnson's trial she initially did not tell people about the more seriousactivities in the car because she was trying to protect the player.

Speaking over a videolink, she told the jury she no longer wanted to protectJohnson because he had made her out to be a liar.

Orlando Pownall QC, defending, asked the girl whether she "absolutely hated" Johnson now.

She said:

Adam Johnson has admitted one count of sexual activity with a child relating to kissing the girl in his car on January 30 last year.

The former Sunderland star has also admitted grooming the teenager but denies two further charges of sexual activity with a child, described by prosecutors as "more serious", relating to the same encounter.

The girl became extremely upset at various points as Mr Pownall cross-examined her for a number of hours on Tuesday.

As he concluded his questioning, the teenager sobbed as she shouted at the barrister:

Asked earlier if she was still trying to protect Johnson she said: "No,because he did nothing to protect me and he made me out to be a liar."

The teenager told the court she took a video when she was in the car withJohnson but it only recorded audio and an image of the dashboard.

She said she did this to prove to people that she had met the footballer.The teenager said: "I was trying to brag about it and show off about it. Howmany teenagers can say that's happened to them?"

She told the court:

The girl was also questioned about why she tried to contact another Sunderland footballer - Connor Wickham - over social media after the incident with Adam Johnson.

She told the jury she did not remember doing this.

Adam Johnson denies two charges of sexual activity with a child and the case continues.

The case was adjourned until Wednesday.