Top Today Show producer to FIGHT charge he raped a 'very highly intoxicated ...

Top Today Show producer to FIGHT charge he raped a 'very highly intoxicated ...
Top Today Show producer to FIGHT charge he raped a 'very highly intoxicated ...
Former top Today Show producer will FIGHT charge he raped a 'very highly intoxicated woman' at trial Thomas Joseph Nicols, 32, pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a woman   Repeatedly denied the allegations, saying sex with the woman was consensual The alleged rape occurred between 8.30pm on January 29 and 6.30am next day He was granted bail and will have to wait more than a year to fight his case  

One of the Today Show's former top producers will plead not guilty to raping an 'intoxicated' woman on a drunken night out.

Thomas Joseph Nicol, 32, entered the plea to one charge of sexual intercourse without consent on Friday when he appeared in the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney by phone.

Prosecutors allege the former Channel 9 employee assaulted the woman at his Bondi home between 8.30pm on January 29 and 6.30am the following morning. 

Pictured: Thomas Joseph Nicol, 32, drinking with a woman. He was granted bail and will stand trial in October next year

Pictured: Thomas Joseph Nicol, 32, drinking with a woman. He was granted bail and will stand trial in October next year

Thomas Nicol is pictured (second right) out with friends in November 2020

Thomas Nicol is pictured (second right) out with friends in November 2020

Pictured: Thomas Nicol with Today Show host Karl Stefanovic. Nicol used to hold a senior role at the breakfast show

Pictured: Thomas Nicol with Today Show host Karl Stefanovic. Nicol used to hold a senior role at the breakfast show

He was charged in February and has repeatedly denied the allegations.

Nicol was granted bail and will have to wait more than a year to stand trial on October 4, 2022. 

The former supervising producer no longer works for the breakfast

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