Updated 4:42pm: The High Court in New Plymouth is hearing how a teen's friend turned on her, days after she told police she was raped.

The 18-year-old says two young men had a threesome with her at a party on October 11 last year, when she was too drunk to know what was happening.

One of the defendants, a 19-year-old, is also accused of making a video recording of the incident, which ended up on a private Facebook page.

The court’s heard the complainant’s friend supported her after the incident, telling police she was heavily intoxicated at the party.

When the defendants were arrested a few days later, she uploaded a photo of her and the complainant having brunch on social media, commenting, “#celebrate”, “#toosoon”.

Defence lawyer, Paul Keegan, told the court it was around the same time the friend texted a police officer, saying the complainant encouraged the young men to have the sexual encounter.

The court heard the friend stopped talking to the complainant and started empathising with one of the defendants, who begged her to ask the complainant not to press charges.

The defendant texted the friend saying, “talk her out of it”.

The friend said, “I’m trying, but you know what she’s like”.

He said he was “rock bottom” and the “lying bitch” couldn’t ruin his life.

The friend told the court pressing charges was a “pride thing” for the complainant.

She agreed with a defence lawyer who said, “the whole thing’s got bigger than Texas”.

The friend also told the court the complainant had been kissing both defendants at the party before the alleged offending occurred.

Crown prosecutor, Cherie Clarke, asked her why she didn’t disclose this key piece of information to police during her numerous encounters with them.

Ms Clarke pointed to discrepancies between the statement the friend provided to police after the incident, and the evidence she provided in court.

The teen, who wasn’t drinking at the party, admitted her memory of the incident was better at the time, than it is now.

She also told the court she heard the complainant laughing while she was with the defendants in the bedroom where the offending’s alleged to have happened.

Defence lawyer, Susan Hughes QC, said the “mother hen” of the group of friends would have gone in and intervened if she had thought her friend was in danger.

The trial is expected to continue until next Friday.