A Cork man told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that a woman he allegedly raped went "mad" and "freaked out", slapping him when he tore her underwear.
He denied raping the alleged victim and told the court she consented to having sex with him.
The man told Mr Justice Smith and a jury of three women and nine men she was lying on top of him when he tore the underwear from the side.
"She instantly got angry and lost her temper because I tore them and then she freaked out, drawing slaps at me, and smashed my car window," he said.
The man (28) pleaded not guilty to rape, attempted rape and aggravated sexual assault on the woman on March 22nd, 1997, in a Cork town.
Asked by defence counsel Mr Anthony Sammon SC whether he raped the alleged victim, he denied all the charges, saying: "I did nothing out of the way".
He admitted kissing and fondling the alleged victim in his car and said she never told him he could not do this.
Cross-examined by prosecuting counsel Mr Raphael Sutton SC, he said at this point his seat was reclined and she was "still mad at me".
Questioned as to why the alleged victim smashed his car window with her foot he replied: "I don't know" and denied she was reluctant to have sex with him. They had been kissing for 10 minutes.
He said: "Up to the point her underwear was torn she wanted to have sex with me and after that as well".
He agreed with Mr Sutton that he took off her underwear with a view to having sexual intercourse. After she "freaked out" he tried to coax her and calm her down and she slapped him across the face.
"I then got really upset," he said. "I put my hand over her face and held her back, saying `I'm not going to hurt you. She then offered to pay for my window", he said.
The accused told Mr Sutton they had "made up" after the argument. "I was putting in a lot of effort," he said.
Dr Mary Roycroft, who examined the alleged victim after the incident, told Mr Sutton she had sustained 12 different injuries including a swollen lip, a thumb mark on her elbow, bruises on her shin and thighs, and leg wounds.
The trial continues.