District Court<\/a> jury that the alleged abuse \u201cf***ed\u201d his life. <\/p>\n\u201cWhen I initially made the complaint [to police] I thought that would be enough, I thought \u2018yay I\u2019ve done what\u2019s right, I can save heaps of other people from going through it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, he said police sent him a letter after his 2002 complaint saying they would not investigate.<\/p>\n
The complainant alleged the former teacher made him out to be \u201cnuts\u201d to his family and went out of his way to discredit him. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me that if I told on him, I\u2019d be the one in trouble,\u201d he said in the 2024 police interview.<\/p>\n
The complainant testified in court yesterday that he had \u201cadmired and trusted\u201d the man he alleges went on to sexually abuse him. <\/p>\n
He said he would stay at the man\u2019s home every other weekend when he was between 10 and 13, and claims to have woken up to the ex-teacher sexually abusing him on one occasion.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s just a dirty old c*** who abused me, I hate him.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also alleges the man touched him inappropriately in multiple ways and photographed him in compromising positions. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s haunted me to this day, even now I don\u2019t like being photographed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got no photographs in my home anymore, because I don\u2019t do photos.\u201d<\/p>\n
The complainant said the alleged abuse had ruined his life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t make friends easily, I never stay anywhere too long, I don\u2019t trust people. I don\u2019t trust the system anymore. It let me down.\u201d <\/p>\n
The man is scheduled to be cross-examined by the teacher\u2019s defence team today. <\/p>\n
Katie Harris is an Auckland-based journalist who covers issues such as sexual assault, workplace misconduct, media, crime and justice. She joined the Herald in 2020.<\/p>\n
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