Paul Quesnel denied prosecutor Heidi Mitchell''s contention that was the only reason he was there, and maintained he was trying "to fix" something that he had caused.
"Not true," he said, when the Crown suggested he doesn't know the complainant and never had discussions with her about Levar.
Quesnel told Superior Court Justice Edward Gareau he was "just doing my part to be honest and telling what happened" because Levar is "here because of me."
The 49-year-old accused has pleaded not guilty to 16 charges, including forcible confinement, sexual assault, administering a noxious substance and numerous counts of assault with a weapon.
Most of the offences are alleged to have occurred on Sept. 29, 2017, when the complainant says Levar locked her inside in the second-floor master bedroom of his Patrick Street home and subjected her to a night of "prolonged torture."
Quesnel was transported to the Sault Ste. Marie courthouse from the Beaver Creek Instit ution, a minimum and medium security facility in Gravenhurst, to testify at the trial which enters it second week Monday.
Gareau heard he has a lengthy criminal record that includes 15 convictions for theft and robbery, as well as 19 convictions for breaching orders and failing to attend court.
The witness told defence counsel Ken Walker he encountered Levar at the Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre, a couple of weeks after he went into custody on Nov. 3, 2017.
When Levar came on the range, Quesnel said he heard Levar talking about what he was in for, and approached him with questions after he heard the complainant's name.
"I told him the truth about what we did."
Quesnel testifed that he met Levar's accuser at the home of a local woman, who is a drug dealer, in mid-August of 2017.
"I'd probably go there two or three times a week," he said, indicating he "was pretty heavy into drugs at the time" and was using heroin and fentanyl.
He said he heard the complainant talking about Levar and "she seemed kind of angry about something, said this guy was on house arrest," had money, and was a "cash cow."
"I was always looking for a score," Quesnel said, testifying he had suggested that Levar could go to jail for a breach, and once that happened "we could get money and go from there."
He told the court he saw the complainant again at the same drug dealer's residence at the end of September or in October, and "she told me she did what we had talked about."
Quesnel testified he told her "let's go to his house" and they went to Levar's residence where they stole $3,000 cash, two men's gold rings, a watch, necklace and bracelet.
"We split everything,"
He said he passed this information on to Levar after learning about the serious charges, because "I don't wish jail on anyone" and sent a letter to the accused's lawyer " maybe early in December."
"I'm trying to change myself."
During cross-examination by Mitchell, he said the second encounter with the complainant - after Levar had been arrested - was the first time in several weeks that he had been to that drug dealer.
The Crown attorney referred to a videotaped statement he gave police Dec. 14, 2017, where he stated that he and the woman were "hanging out (there) daily."
"Were you telling the truth then or now?" Mitchell asked.
"I'm telling the truth at this time. I just told the officers we were were hanging out," he insisted.
Quesnel testified that he never met Levar prior to seeing him at the jail, and that the accused "wasn't happy" when he told him about what he and the complainant had done.
"I said I'm sorry. I will do anything I can to help, this isn't right."
He told the court the pair "became on good terms," talking, playing cards and watching TV while they were at the local jail.
Quesnel said they were "definitely not friends" in the beginning but they became friends a month or two after they began playing cards together.
"We did a good four to five months together."
Mitchell pointed out that he had told police in December that they were the "best of friends."
On Friday, the court also heard from a forensic toxicologist, who tested and analyzed the complainant's urine sample and a clear liquid that was in a cherry Sprite bottle police seized from Levar's home.
Nathalie Desrosiers, who is with the Centre for Forensic Sciences in Toronto, was the final witness called by the Crown. She testified via a video hookup from the Ottawa courthouse.
A number of drugs, including Molly (a form of the drug MDMA), cocaine, the drug MDA (methlenedioxyamphetamine) and norfentanyl were detected in the urine, she said.
Desrosiers told Mitchell that she was not able to quantify the amount of drugs in the urine.
Cocaine and MDMA were detected in the liquid.
The general effects of MDMA are euphoria, heightened energy, changes in perception and perhaps hallucinations if there is a high enough amount, she said.
A sense of euphoria and high energy are stimulated by cocaine.
With all the drugs there are greater effects of euphoria, energy and stimulation, the expert witness said.
In response to a question from Walker, she said it is possible that an addicted person could be undergoing withdrawal symptoms from one drug while doing another.
Levar is slated to take the witness stand Monday as the defence continues to present its case.
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