Sign up: AU Breaking News email<\/a><\/p>\nDuring his evidence, the alleged victim – who cannot be legally named – started sobbing and placed his head in both hands when shown police photographs of the bathroom.<\/p>\n
Now 22, the man told the court he was excited and giddy at meeting Amon, thinking this was the precursor to something romantic.<\/p>\n
At the first meeting, the older man wore grey tracksuit pants, a white Adidas hoodie and ugg boots. After leading the teen into the bathroom, he flushed the toilet and made a comment about the smell before sitting on the floor, the jury was told.<\/p>\n
The ex-MP is then accused of placing the boy\u2019s hand on his genitals and then directing the boy to have sexual intercourse with him.<\/p>\n
The complainant\u2019s voice cracked when Fleeton asked him to describe the allegations in explicit detail.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo I have to?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d the prosecutor replied.<\/p>\n
On the second occasion, further alleged sexual assaults took place while the pair were standing and then laying on a towel brought by Amon. The older man allegedly attempted to have sexual intercourse with the teen before telling him to perform another sexual act.<\/p>\n
The complainant told the court he felt grossed out and repulsed by what was happening. \u201cI wanted it to stop,\u201d he told the jury.<\/p>\n
On both occasions, the former MP left first.<\/p>\n
The boy waited alone before going upstairs to his home, Fleeton told the jury.<\/p>\n
The complainant blocked Amon on Snapchat after the former MP and lawyer tried to arrange a third meeting.<\/p>\n
He told his teacher, psychiatrist, parents and friends in 2017 about what allegedly happened.<\/p>\n
In disclosing what allegedly happened to a friend, he said he told Amon he was 15 years old.<\/p>\n
The teen did not make a formal complaint to police until years later after Amon became a local councillor and the boy realised his real identity.<\/p>\n
In 2022, Amon sent messages to the alleged victim online, including a photograph of himself wearing a fireman\u2019s outfit.<\/p>\n
He was arrested and charged in August 2024. He has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges including five counts of having sexual intercourse with a child and two counts of attempted sexual intercourse with a child.<\/p>\n
He also denies indecent assault charges.<\/p>\n
Amon admits meeting the teenager on a gay dating app, defence barrister Matthew Johnston SC told jurors.<\/p>\n
The former MP also admitted talking with the teen on Snapchat before going to his home.<\/p>\n
But Amon denied he knew the boy was 13 years old, as anyone who signed up for the dating website had to be aged over 18.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt no point in time did (the alleged victim) provide Mr Amon with his real age,\u201d Johnston told the jury.<\/p>\n
Instead, the ex-councillor had an honest and reasonable belief that the complainant was at least 16-years-old, the jury heard. \u201cThat is an innocent state of mind,\u201d Johnston said.<\/p>\n
Amon also disputed the teen\u2019s account, saying he only went to the apartment block once, Johnston said.<\/p>\n
The trial continues on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former NSW MP\u2019s alleged abuse victim has pushed through tears while testifying in court. Rory Amon, 36,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-492113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}