Shoshanna,
I considered the possibility that someone might argue "that SHE HAD COHABITED WITH ANOTHER MAN AFTER KIDDUSHIN." That's why I looked it up in the Mishnah before commenting. Note Ketuboth 1:6,
"He who marries a woman and did not find tokens of virginity- `she says, "After you betrothed me, I was raped, and your field has been flooded," `and he says, "Not so, but it was before I betrothed you, and my purchase was a bargain made in error"- `Rabban Gamaliel and R. Eliezer say, "She is believed." `R. Joshua says, "We do not depend on her testimony. But lo, she remains in the assumption of having had sexual relations before she was betrothed and of having deceived him, `"until she brings evidence to back up her [contrary] claim."
This passage makes it evident that this law was applied to any sexual relationship prior to the consummation with her husband.
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