Stephon Marbury didn't rape me says Decker

September 25, 2007 -- A former Knick intern took the stand in the sensational sexual-harassment trial that's rocking Madison Square Garden and copped to having sex in a truck with hoops star Stephon Marbury - but denied she told a female executive she felt pressured.

"Stephon Marbury is parked outside the strip club. He asked me, 'Are you going to get in the truck?' and I got in the truck," Kathleen Decker said in the explosive testimony, her voice quavering.

Asked if the sex was consensual, Decker told the packed courtroom, "Completely . . . I was in control."

Decker contradicted claims by plaintiff Anucha Brown Sanders that the former intern was distraught over her encounter with Marbury - and told her boss she was drunk when she left the strip club and felt she "had to'' have sex with the point guard because of "who he was."

Decker didn't waver in denying that she felt pressured, even when she was hit with a shocking Hallmark card containing a syrupy message to Sanders apologizing for the "mistake."

The former intern said she had gone to the Mt. Vernon strip club with three fellow Knicks interns to celebrate her 22nd birthday in April 2005, never expecting to see anyone they knew.

"It was just something to do," said Decker, who dressed for court in a tight black suit over a low-cut white shirt. "It was a spur of the moment thing."

The foursome was surprised to encounter Marbury and his cousin Hassan Gonsalves inside, according to Decker.

Decker said she'd had a sexual relationship with Gonsalves and that he offered to give her a lift home, but when the rubber hit the road she went with star athlete Marbury.

"It was consensual. I agreed to get in the car. I wasn't forced to do anything," Decker testified.

Asked if she'd told anyone that Marbury raped her, the former intern said, "Never."