A former Liberal MP accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy has been sacked from his new job pouring drinks at a trendy bar.
Roderick ‘Rory’ Amon, 35, first talked to the boy online before allegedly meeting up in a car park bathroom on Sydney’s northern beaches in 2017.
The former member for Pittwater was spotted at Traders Bar in Haymarket in Sydney’s CBD on Thursday, a day Hay Street Market opened following a $20million redevelopment.
Dressed in a baseball cap and white business shirt, Amon could have flown under the radar as he poured drinks for customers if not for eagled-eyed Sydneysiders who notified the centre management.
By Friday night, a spokesperson for Hay Street Market told the Daily Telegraph it had ‘been made aware of issues surrounding a casual employee’.
‘The employee in question has ceased working with (the) company,’ they said.
Earlier this week, Amon appeared in court to seek permission to relocate from the Northern Beaches to Potts Point, claiming through his lawyer her felt unsafe in the area after he was targeted with online threats following his arrest last year.
The request was denied as his alleged victim lives in the area. Amon will be required to remain at his Narrabeen address until after his case has been through the courts.
Downing Centre District Court heard Amon was a 27-year-old local councillor when he met the boy on the dating website Squirt.org, but said he was 17.
The boy claimed he told Amon he was 15 when they exchanged explicit content on Snapchat before they agreed to meet in person.
When they met, Amon allegedly led the boy to a bathroom in a car park and closed the door.
‘Have you ever done something like this before?’ he asked, according to prosecutors’ claims.
Prosecutors allege that when the 13-year-old replied he hadn’t, Amon said ‘good’ before kissing him and engaging him in oral sex.
During a subsequent second meeting in the same bathroom, Amon is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting the teen.
The 13-year-old said Amon continued to send him explicit images until he was charged over the alleged child sexual abuse in August 2024.
Amon is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty to 10 charges, including five counts of sexual intercourse with a person over the age of 10 and under 14.
On Wednesday, the court was told he arranged the Potts Point lease in January, but only notified his lawyers that he would need to change his residence in February.
His barrister Claire O’Neill accepted the sequence of events wasn’t ideal but argued it was a consequence of the tight Sydney rental market.
She said there is ‘nothing nefarious’ about her client wanting to move homes to an area where the complainant doesn’t work or live.
Amon had been looking for a new home because he is well known in Sydney’s northern beaches and has difficulties living there, the court was told.
Prosecutors noted the complainant works near Potts Point and often socialises in the area.
In a statement to the court, the complainant wrote that allowing Amon to move to the area would be ‘personally catastrophic’ for him.
He raised concerns for his safety as a result of Amon’s behaviour during the years-long investigation into his complaint.
Judge David Scully agreed the risk was too high that Amon could run into the alleged victim and cause psychological distress.
The former MP is set to lose several thousand dollars by breaking his lease, the court was told.
He resigned from the NSW Liberal Party after the allegations against him became public.