Adam Johnson insists he's telling truth about under-age sex claims


Johnson entered guilty pleas to charges of meeting a child following sexual grooming, and sexual activity, relating to kissing and cuddling the 15-year-old girl, on the day his trial was due to start.
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Hide AdOver the last two weeks, jurors at Bradford Crown Court have heard evidence claiming that Johnson touched the girl sexually and that she performed a sex act on him.
But today, in cross examination, Johnson insisted that this was not true and that he has already admitted everything that he's done.
He said: "Admitting that has made me lose everything anyway. I have told the truth."
The 28-year-old, of Castle Eden, County Durham, has told jurors that he did encourage the girl to engage in sexual activity with him, and that he did want to see her naked.
But Kate Blackwell QC, prosecuting, claimed that Johnson was only telling a "little bit of the truth" in the hope that he would get away with the rest of the charges.
The case continues.