A butt-naked Goldman Sachs managing director shoved his way into a bathroom at his flashy Hamptons rental and raped a young Irish seasonal worker, pr𒀰osecutors said Friday.
Jason Lee, 37, pleaded not guilty to first-degree rape at his arraignment in Suffo🌳lk County court and left the proceeding with his grim-faced wife after posting $100,000 bond.
Lee was celebrating his birthday on Aug. 20 with pals at the posh Georgica restaurant in East Hampton and chatting up the 20-year-old victim and her friends before♔ the group headed back to his nearby pad, prosecutors said.
The late-night pool p🍃arty turned raunchy as drinks flowed and clothes were shed, prosecutors said.
Lee — who is officially on personal leave from his lucrative post at the firm — followed theꦑ young lady as she went into a bathroom, accordi♎ng to prosecutors.
He shoved his 🌠way through the door and began raping the woman before she stopped the attack with a forceful knee to his groin, prosecutors said.
Lee, who claims 𒈔the sex w♑as consensual, didn’t take no for an answer, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota.
The v🌺ictim tried to keep the door closed but Lee “shoved it open with enough force to cause her to fall to the floor, where Lee immediately pinned her,” he said yesterday.
The woman — who was working a summer job out of state — went to the East End to 𝄹visit her brother b꧙efore they both returned to Ireland.
Lee and his attorney, 🦋Edward Bu🔥rke Jr., have maintained that the sex was consensual and that no rape took place.
The lawyer dismissed the accusations of a struggle andꦰ said 𓆉that there were no marks on Lee after the encounter.
“We have what is an apparent rush to arrest my cl🐭ient, a rush to the grand jury and a rush to indict my client,” the powerfu𒁏l Hamptons attorney said.
The financier🌌 said nothing during the proceeding in Riverhead and darted out of court with his spouse without commenting.