<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A former Liberal MP has testified he would have asked a teenage boy for a kiss before they had sex in a communal car park bathroom.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rory Amon, 36, returned to the witness box today to defend a slew of child sex charges relating to various acts done to the teen in 2017.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The boy, who was 13 years old at the time, met the future politician through a gay dating app before the alleged rape and sexual abuse took place.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-attack-iran-live-updates-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/d224d77f-0652-4493-aa1a-9450a9df03aa" target="_blank"><strong><span>Trump claims 'entire' Iranian military leadership killed in strikes</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WORLD:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-attacks-iran-air-strikes-rock-dubai-reputation/0c961082-f5a0-4bc4-a440-717be79e027a" target="_blank"><strong><span>Iranian airstrikes may have cracked Dubai's safe, shiny façade forever</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Amon says he drove to the teen's </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney "><span>Sydney</span></a><span> apartment on July 22, 2017, believing the youth was 17-years-old.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today, he told a NSW Supreme Court jury he had met the boy outside the unit complex before being led to the underground car park's bathroom.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/rory-amon-northern-beaches-exliberal-mp-asked-teen-for-kiss-before-toilet-sex/79b6decc-b7b5-4698-9b4c-0549b6b838ae" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was hazy on the details about what happened next but said he likely would have asked the boy for a kiss.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"My usual approach would be to ask someone if I could kiss them before I kissed them," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-iran-israel-war-who-is-running-iran-after-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-death/0c4850b8-871f-43ad-ae05-d02d12a6d0ee" target="_blank"><strong><span>The men in line to take over from Iran's slain supreme leader</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His barrister, Matthew Johnston SC, repeated evidence that the now 22-year-old complainant gave earlier in the trial about what happened between the pair.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man said Amon had guided his hand to his genitals before they went on to have oral sex.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I don't dispute that," the former MP said today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, Amon denied allegations that he visited the teen's home a second time where the then-boy says further sexual acts took place.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On this occasion, Amon allegedly brought a towel which he placed on the floor of the bathroom.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>CRIME:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-campground-assault-man-dead/dc45109b-e40f-4421-bc33-c1a459640188" target="_blank"><strong><span>Man killed in alleged assault at NSW campground</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The jury was taken through bank statements, text messages and toll records from the weekend of July 22, 2017, as the jury was shown Amon's busy schedule.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On the day he admitted meeting the teen, the former MP said he earlier refereed two rugby matches in Canberra.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the time of contacting the youth, Amon was working full-time for the federal MP for Mackellar, Jason Falinski.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He would go on to serve two terms on the Northern Beaches Council before being elected as the Liberal MP for the state seat of Pittwater in 2023.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2022, he reconnected with the alleged victim on Grindr, sending him a number of messages including a photograph of himself wearing volunteer firefighter attire.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former MP 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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also denies indecent assault charges.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The trial continues.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732), National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028</span></em></div></div>