The 25 year old Chance Harbour man accused of sexually assaulting a female bartender at Buccaneers Pub in January offering his side in court this afternoon.
Bradley Scott Wilson told the court he has been an alcoholic for years and had been drinking when he arrived at the pub January 11th of this year.
According to Wilson, the struggle happened after the bartender took $100 from a jacket he left in the washroom.
The woman earlier testified Wilson cornered her for sex and no money was involved.
Wilson testifies the bartender attempted to make a deal saying she would keep the $100 she found in exchange for performing a sex act on Wilson.
He alleges the intimacy was consensual.
Testimony continues this afternoon.