Broadcaster Eamon Dunphy has denied that he indecently assaulted a man outside a Dublin nightclub last year and that he slapped the man after kissing him on the cheek.
Mr Dunphy is the central witness in the trial of Mr David Heatly (25), of Devenish Road, Kimmage.
Mr Heatly denies knowingly making a false report at Harcourt Terrace Garda Station on April 30th last tending to show an offence had been committed arising out of an alleged incident outside Cats nightclub in Lower Leeson Street. He made an allegation that he was assaulted by being kissed and groped by the broadcaster.
"I am not an aggressive person when I am inside or outside. I am not in the habit of kissing bouncers," Mr Dunphy told the jury of seven men and five women on the first day of the trial.
He told prosecuting counsel, Mr Remy Farrell BL, that he cannot fully recall the events of the night in which he had earlier been drinking at a wine bar at Ely Place, and had taken a taxi to Leeson Street.
He admitted he had "a few drinks" on him, having been at a bar called Joys before going to Ely. He said he had about seven glasses of wine and a glass of champagne before taking a taxi to Leeson Street.
"I am not a really big drinker of anything. That's a fact," Mr Dunphy said. When he arrived on Leeson Street he was not "incoherent drunk" or falling about the place. He knew where he was, what he was doing, and that he had "nothing untoward" had happen to him that night. Nor had he been involved in such an event.
He agreed in cross-examination by defence counsel, Mr Colm O'Briain BL, that he did not recall the night's events in detail. He said he did not remember kissing anybody or slapping anyone. "I think I am a truthful person," Mr Dunphy said.
"I wouldn't recognise Mr Heatly from the man in the moon. I genuinely can't recall doing that," he said.
The case continues before Judge Elizabeth Dunne tomorrow.