A schoolgirl who says she was raped by three older students was spotted ''dancing around'' and singing ''I like to f---'' shortly after the alleged incident, a jury has heard.
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But a former friend of the girl said she believed the teen was singing because she had the tune stuck in her head, rather than as a boast.
The alleged victim's former schoolmate was giving evidence in the ACT Supreme Court trial of the three men accused of raping the girl in June 2009 and filming part of the incident.
That 19-second mobile phone video, which shows the complainant sitting on top of one of the boys, was subsequently circulated throughout the school.
The trio has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual intercourse without consent, or being reckless about whether she consented, and using a child to produce pornography.
The three cannot be named and The Canberra Times has decided to refer to them as persons A, B and C.
The accused men's lawyers say the sex was consensual and the girl fabricated the rape allegations after the film spread through the school.
But the girl maintains she told the defendants no at the beginning and subsequently, through fear and cannabis intoxication, gave up resisting.
In an unreceived text message from Person A to the complainant after police became involved more than a month later, he said: ''fair enough we done the wrong thing but we didn't think it would be this bad''.
The girl said she was heavily under the influence of cannabis at the time of the incident, and one fellow student described seeing her ''stumbling'' and blinking a lot shortly before she left school with the accused men.
But several witnesses, one-time friends of the alleged victim, claimed the alleged victim seemed normal, happy or cheerful after returning to school.
One of the girls yesterday told the jury the complainant, usually a bubbly person, was ''kind of dancing around, and very cheerful''.
She went on to describe the girl singing the first verse of the song I Like to F--- by MySpace celebrity and US television personality Tila Tequila.
The verse includes the lyrics, ''I like to f---, every day, every night, I like to f---, when it's wrong, when it's right''.
But under cross-examination from John Purnell SC, Person C's barrister, she denied getting the impression the complainant was boasting.
''It was like it was just stuck in her head,'' the witness said.
She also described seeing the alleged victim turning to wave at Person A moments earlier as they parted ways outside the school.
When questioned by prosecutor Margaret Jones, she admitted discussing the alleged victim's demeanour with another girl during the school break after the incident occurred but denied speaking about it after police got involved.
And she rejected the prosecutor's suggestion the girl ''did not appear happy and cheerful'' on the afternoon of the incident.
The girl first spoke of the rape to the deputy principal after a playground scrap almost a month later, and he described her as being agitated and fearful.
The staff member told the court the complainant was reluctant to tell the police and her parents.
The deputy principal contacted police but the principal said he spent two days trying to convince the girl to confide in her parents.
The trial before Justice Richard Refshauge continues today.
