Ali Farhani, 52, also denied giving the 18-year-old a rape drug, sexual assault and false imprisonment at his Charles Street home in July 2008.
The teenager from Bournemouth said she travelled to London to meet Rolano Kyriakidis who took her to see Farhani. After drinking vodka, she woke up on a bed where Farhani was assaulting her and then raped her, it was alleged.
Iranian-born Farhani told the court he had been using prostitutes from escort agencies for many years because his 18-hour days left no time for a social life.
He described Kyriakidis as someone he did not feel comfortable with who turned up after 2am and asked him for money to give to bailiffs. The girl, wearing a short skirt, came with him and he assumed she was "a whore, a prostitute", he said.
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