‘Dead man’: ‘Playboy rapist‘s’ court whinge as he demands anonymity
Written by admin on May 21, 2024
A notorious sex offender, who has previously been dubbed the “playboy rapist”, has told a judge he take his own life if he continues to be monitored by community corrections and has failed in a bid to suppress his name from court proceedings.
Simon Monteiro, 57, appeared at the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday in a bid to get his extended supervision order lifted.
The order is placed on high-risk offenders to monitor their movements in the community.
Monteiro was convicted in 2009 for 12 years over the rape and bashing of a woman in Sydney’s eastern suburbs in 2007.
He was handed a two-year jail sentence in June 2021 for breaching a five-year extended ESO imposed after the 12-year-old sentence, but was released from Cooma Correctional Centre in February 2022 after appealing the severity of the sentence.
He previously led a reportedly glamorous playboy lifestyle and boasted about having a relationship with Mariah Carey before he landed in prison.
Self-representing in court on Tuesday, he told Justice Richard Button the order was intrusive and ruining his life.
He told the court the order would not benefit the community if he were to take his own life as a result of the ESO.
“Stevie Wonder can see that the way that I’ve been treated,” he said.
“It’s not in the public interest if I go and neck myself at the end of all this. I want the public to know how their money is being abused and misused.”
He also applied to have a non-publication order on the court proceedings, telling the court they will have a “dead man” if his name is not suppressed.
The application was knocked back by Judge Button who said his case and name had already been heavily reported on.
“Really the horse has bolted and it’s already known that these proceedings are on foot,” Judge Button said.
“There is a question I think of efficacy…in terms of identifying details.”
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Montiero also told the court he was planning to appeal his original 12-year jail conviction. He has always maintained his offence against the charges.
“I guess I’m stuck with it at the moment,” he said.
His case will return to court on June 11.
