Sebastian Aguirre: Teen football star in court for filming sex act without consent

A “talented” young football player was lured to a park and beaten after filming a teenage girl perform a sexual act without her consent, a court has heard.

A young Brisbane man, who was beaten for filming a teenage girl perform a sex act without her consent, stalked people he believed were involved in the assault and showed up armed to their homes, a court has heard.

Sebastian Aguirre, 19, of Robertson appeared in Beenleigh District Court on Tuesday, August 2 and pleaded guilty to a spate of charges, including three counts of unlawful stalking, one of recording in breach of privacy, one of threatening to distribute a prohibited recording, and one of threatening violence at night.

Crown prosecutor Nicola Howard told the court the first offence in time related to Aguirre filming a 17-year-old girl perform a sexual act without her knowing on an evening in May last year.

When the girl realised what he was doing, she told him not to record her and asked him to delete the footage. He lied and told her he had.

The following morning, the court heard the girl told two of her friends what had happened and “a plan was formed”.

She organised to bring Aguirre to a local park at Underwood so her friend could take his mobile phone and delete the recording.

The girl collected Aguirre from his home as arranged and drove him to Charles Barton Park where “a large number” of her friends were waiting.

Aguirre was approached and told to hand over his phone and delete the recording.

He then denied knowing what the group was talking about.

The young man was then subjected to a “very brutal assault”, which left him with two black eyes and a split lip and once again, the act was filmed.

Aguirre’s phone was taken off him and the video deleted, the victim who featured in the recording telling him “you don’t know how it feels to be a girl in this situation”.

The court heard the young man did tell police about the assault but was unhappy with their perceived delay in investigating the matter and decided to pursue justice himself.

He went on to commit several serious acts of retaliation, including sending a number of text messages threatening to “humiliate” the girl who featured in the video he filmed.

Ms Howard said she interpreted his texts to mean he still had a copy of the video and planned to distribute it.

Things escalated further when, between May 16 and August 9, the young man and his friends “tracked down” three people he believed were in the park the night he was assaulted.

In one instance, the court heard a complainant was at home with his girlfriend when his electricity was turned off about 1am.

The pair went outside to investigate and came face-to-face with five men, one of whom was Aguirre and each man was holding a baseball bat, except one who was holding a hammer.

The complainant started backing away, the group demanding his phone and phone password and telling him he was “just the first” person they would be visiting.

As the group left, they smashed a rear window of their victim’s car.

Months later, on July 31, Aguirre and his friends arrived at a second complainant’s house when he was not home but his parents were.

The man’s mother observed at least one member of the group was holding a baseball bat and asked them to leave the property.

The group left, damaging three cars on their way out at a cost of more than $5000.

Following the visits, both men discovered AirTag trackers linked to Aguirre’s Apple account had been attached to their vehicles with duct tape.

Ms Howard said the Brisbane man was subsequently arrested but declined to participate in a police interview.

She conceded the situation was handled poorly “on both sides” and demonstrated a level of immaturity, explaining neither the girl’s nor Aguirre’s “retaliations” needed to happen.

The court heard the female victim, who was filmed without consent, indicated she felt “completely disrespected” and humiliated as a result of Aguirre’s actions.

Judge Craig Chowdhury said the series of events which took place were “really quite remarkable” and “bizarre”, telling Aguirre while he could understand some of his frustrations, he really must let police and the law manage such situations.

Mr Chowdhury took into account Aguirre’s young age, his early pleas of guilty, and his prospects for the future – noting he is a “talented” football player – when deciding an appropriate penalty.

Aguirre was sentenced to two years’ probation and no convictions were recorded.

The court heard Aguirre and one other person, Jackson Angleton, were the only two people allegedly involved in the offending who were over the age of 18.

All other alleged offenders were aged either 16 or 17 at the time and were merely cautioned by authorities.

Jackson Angleton was charged with robbery with actual violence while armed in company.

His matter is due for mention in Beenleigh District Court on August 18.