Wringing her hands, biting her lip, and bowing her head, the young woman recalled a night she was allegedly raped in a Kings Cross laneway.

It was behind Soho nightclub, in Potts Point, that Luke Andrew Lazarus allegedly told her to get on all fours before raping her, in the early hours of May 12, 2013.

Luke Lazarus leaves court earlier this week. Credit:Michele Mossop

Mr Lazarus, 25. whose father Andrew Lazarus owned the club, is facing a judge alone retrial in the NSW District Court and has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent.

The woman said she was dancing next to a friend at Soho, when Mr Lazarus approached her, said he was a co-owner of the club, and introduced her to the DJ.