Dwayne Smith admits sending 'sexy' text to masseuse in Chris Gayle defamation ca

West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle's teammate Dwayne Smith has admitted he texted the word "sexy" to a female massage therapist a day before she alleges Gayle exposed himself to her in a Sydney dressing room while Smith was present.

But Smith told the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday Gayle had not exposed himself to the woman and "that's something you would remember" if it did happen.

Sydney - A massage therapist said she "cried uncontrollably" after star West Indian cricketer Chris Gayle allegedly exposed himself to her, telling a Sydney court on Wednesday it left her "very upset".

Gayle is suing Fairfax Media newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times over a series of stories in January last year detailing the lurid accusations.

On the opening day of his defamation action on Monday, he denied the allegations and claimed the media group was out to "destroy" him. His teammate Dwayne Smith, who was present at the time, has also denied the incident.

The newspapers said the all-rounder exposed himself to masseuse Leanne Russell - who was working for the West Indies team - in a dressing room at the 2015 World Cup in Sydney and "indecently propositioned" her.

She told the NSW Supreme Court she went to the changing room to look for a towel and came across Gayle.

Gayle asked her: "What are you looking for?" the court heard, according to the Herald.

"I said, 'a towel'," she replied, and he "pulled his towel out and down".

"I saw the top half of Chris' penis - I apologise. I thereafter shielded my view. I said no and walked out."

Russell said she told the West Indies team's physiotherapist about the incident immediately and was "very upset" and "crying uncontrollably. I was crying like a child".

On Tuesday, Smith admitted he sent a text to Russell that simply said "sexy" after she massaged him the day before the Gayle incident.

Russell said she was "sick of being treated this way" and had spoken out to get other women to realise "this happens all the time and nobody has the guts to speak out and they should", according to the Herald.

Fairfax said it was defending the articles on the basis the allegations were substantially true and in the public interest.

Their publication followed an uproar after Gayle attempted to flirt with an Australian presenter on live TV, asking her out for a drink and telling her: "Don't blush, baby."

The hearing is scheduled to run for 10 days.

West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle is scared of being around women ever since stories were published saying he exposed himself to a female massage therapist, a Sydney jury has been told.

The massage therapist who accused West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle of exposing himself to her is "plainly neurotic", "bitter" and "vengeful", his barrister has told the jury in the sportsman's NSW Supreme Court defamation trial.

In his closing address to the jury of three women and one man, Bruce McClintock, SC, accused Fairfax Media of publishing "tabloid trash" by reporting the allegations in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times.

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West Indies star Chris Gayle has won a defamation case against Fairfax Media after it claimed he exposed his genitals to a massage therapist during the 2015 World Cup in Australia.

The lurid accusations were made by Fairfax newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times in a series of stories in January last year.