Soon after the relationship began the pair went for a drink at a bar at which Blackman told the woman their connection should be "casual, with no exclusivity or strings". At one point she tried to hold hands with him, and "he did not want this", the statement added.
Blackman, from Weston-super-Mare in north Somerset, denies two counts of rape in January 2012.
The court also heard from a former colleague of the alleged victim, who recounted going into the office one day in February last year to find her workmate tearful and upset. During a subsequent drink after work the alleged victim told her colleague that she had been attacked by Blackman.
The colleague, giving evidence from behind a green curtain, said the alleged victim had recounted going to sleep in her tent at the camp after some drinks. She continued: "She said she had woken up and there was a belt around her throat and neck, being held by Malcolm. She somehow managed to throw him off. She lay there and he said something on the lines of 'You're a touchy one.'"
Giving evidence, Blackman insisted he never raped the woman, and that she never asked him to stop any sexual activity. Blackman described tensions between the pair, saying she wanted a relationship while he was devoted to his role in the protest, describing this as "winning hearts and minds" by talking to visitors.
What will you discuss with your children this evening? Sports, the weather, celebrity gossip, rape?
We are from three generations (aged 81, 50 and 36), three faiths (Christian, Muslim, Jewish) and three continents (Africa, Asia, North America). One of us is a religious leader, one a writer and rape survivor and one the CEO of a non-profit organisation. We come together in the wake of the recent upheaval around rape in India, South Africa, the US and the UK, because we share a passionate conviction: we must bring the discourse home to the next generation on every continent.
Why did the men in the recent India and South Africa crimes rape, torture, and murder their victims? How could Jimmy Savile of the BBC molest hundreds of people and still die a hero? Why did the gang rapists in Ohio feel safe boasting on camera about what they had done? Why do too many Indians dehumanise women, and too many South Africans believe that men are just intrinsically badly behaved and programmed to rape? Who do we think these sub-human women and out-of-control men are?
They are us and, if we are not careful, they will be our children. We do not have the answers, but we should all be asking the questions, and we should include our sons, daughters and all the young people in our lives in our discussions. We need to stop behaving as if it's all a terrible problem out there, and start talking about it with each other and with our children.
