A pregnant 19-year-old jailed in the Toronto area to ensure she would testify against her boyfriend was released on bail Friday after she said allegations he attacked her with a knife weren't true.

Noellee Mowatt speaks to reporters Friday after being released on bail.
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Noellee Mowatt called police after an argument with her boyfriend, then refused to co-operate with authorities.

She was taken into custody on April 1 to make sure she would appear in court.

Moments after her release Friday, Mowatt told reporters she was relieved.

"I'm just happy to get out so that I can call my mom in Jamaica and my daughter because they weren't aware that I was arrested," Mowatt said. "So I'm really happy."

While earlier interviews with Mowatt suggested she was due to give birth next week, court heard Friday that the young woman isn't due until mid-May.

Earlier in the day, Mowatt told court that she called police after her boyfriend kicked her out of their apartment. She said she had been asking him to get her some food, but he refused because he was tired and that led to an argument.

In a voice that almost sounded like a whisper, she told the court that Harbin didn't use a knife to attack her, as has been alleged.

She said what look like bruises on her face in a photograph taken by police were caused by a fall and from accidentally sleeping on a hard object.

Her boyfriend, Christopher Harbin, is charged with assault, assault with a weapon, forcible confinement, theft and breaching a probation order.

Mowatt has said she doesn't understand how she ended up in jail when she's the alleged victim. She also said she hopes Harbin is acquitted so they can build a life together.

She is expected to be back on the stand next week.

With files from the Canadian Press