An English tourist allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman he met at a trendy Bondi nightspot and then told her "this will never go anywhere, I've got a lot of money", a court has heard.

Gregory Charles Cox, 32, is facing two charges of having sexual intercourse without consent with a 21-year-old Bermuda woman whom he met at beachside bar The Bucket List on January 22 last year.

Accused: Gregory Cox. Credit:Jacky Ghossein

Mr Cox's trial in the Downing Centre District Court heard on Monday that he met the woman as each sat drinking with friends at adjacent tables.

In his opening address to the jury, Crown Prosecutor Huw Baker said that the young woman had initially been interested in Mr Cox's friend, Christopher Galea. But when the group left later in the evening after some hours of drinking, she and Mr Cox walked off together along the beach.