‘Wheels are spinning’: Playboy rapist’ to engage former NRL chairman in fight against state

A notorious sex offender has told a court he is set to engage the legal services of a former Australian Rugby League chairman.

A notorious sex offender has claimed he has engaged the legal services of a former NRL chairman in his bid to sue the state of NSW for $20 million.

The former model was nicknamed the “playboy rapist” for bragging about his glamorous life in which he claims to have had relationships with singer Mariah Carey and actor Barbara Hershey.

Simon Monteiro was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 over the violent rape of a Sydney woman in 2007.

He has now launched a legal bid to overturn his extended supervision order (ESO) – a provision that strictly controls his movement within the community.

He also intends to sue the state of NSW for $20 million, claiming he has “irrefutable evidence” that he was tortured in jail.

Monteiro in his younger years claimed to live a playboy lifestyle as a model. Picture: Supplied

Simon Monteiro was sentenced to 12 years in jail for aggravated sexual assault. Picture: Supplied

Monteiro, who has so far represented himself in the case, appeared in the NSW Supreme Court on Wednesday, where he was given stern advice to engage a lawyer.

Justice Ian Harrison told Monteiro his proceedings failed to have any “structure or form,” and he needed to “minimise the prospect of wasted court time”.

“I’ve had many people who have appeared for themselves and they don’t want lawyers, they think they can do it,” Justice Harrison said.

“I often say to them, if you needed brain surgery … you wouldn’t do your own.”

Monteiro told the court that he was in the process of engaging former Australian Rugby League chairman Colin Love for the proceedings.

He told the court that Mr Love was his usual lawyer and hoped to engage him in the case.

Simon Monteiro leaves the Supreme Court in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire/Christian Gilles

Mr Love, who is also a solicitor, was the seventh chairman of the ARL and received the Order of Australia for his contribution to rugby league in 2007.

“My lawyer so to speak in general is Colin Love,” Monteiro told the court.

“Colin Love?” Judge Harrison asked.

“Yeah, the bloke from the footy, Colin Love,” Monteiro replied.

“I’m just trying to see if I can arrange that.”

Former NRL chairman Colin Love giving a press conference in 2004. Picture: News Corp Australia

Judge Harrison said a lawyer was needed as his case was “complicated litigation”.

“To use an analogy you’re in a vehicle at the moment, you’ve got an engine revving but your wheels are spinning in the mud,” Judge Harrison said.

“We need to get you onto dry ground so that you can make some progress and get where you want to go.”

Monteiro’s application to have his ESO revoked comes after he was refused a request by NSW Corrective Services to travel to Queensland over the Christmas period.

He has always maintained his innocence and argues the order should have never been placed on him.

Earlier this year, Monteiro told a judge he would take his own life if he continued to be under 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.”

Originally published as ‘Wheels are spinning’: Playboy rapist’ to engage former NRL chairman in fight against state