A YouTube comedian is facing rape charges accused of attacking a writer he met on the dating app Tinder after taking her to his apartment to discuss scripts.

Asscused Lev Panfilov, 27, is facing trial in Singapore on two counts of rape, one count of sexual assault by penetration, and another of molestation.

The comic denies all the charges.

Prosecutors say Panfilov invited the victim – then 30 – back to his three-bedroom condo on the night of 12th January, 2021, after a date in a local restaurant.

She – the court heard at the trial opening – had contacted him on Tinder because she thought he could help her with a script she was developing.

But – the court heard – he attacked her in his bedroom and refused to stop even when she begged him to.

After he was finished he called a taxi and ordered it to take her home.

Deputy chief prosecutor Sruthi Boppana said: “The accused revealed his true intentions, shedding the facade of civility he had maintained throughout the evening.”

The devastated victim had to seek medical help afterwards for severe pains in her lower abdomen.

At first she was, the court heard, too frightened to go to the police but made a statement when her mum found her crying in her room.

Panfilov – who was born in Russia – has more than 27,000 TikTok followers for his comedy clips on life as a foreigner living in Singapore.

He was also a star writer on the cult YouTube comedy show ‘Wah! Banana’.

The trial continues.