Iranian national Mohamad Fallah refused bail in Bankstown Local Court over alleged Fake Instagram account, Pornhub threats

An Iranian national allegedly filmed a partially naked woman without her consent and threatened to post the videos on Pornhub, a Sydney court has heard.

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An Iranian national allegedly filmed a partially naked woman without her consent and threatened to post the videos on a pornographic website, a western Sydney court has heard.

Mohamad Fallah, 34, faced Bankstown Local Court via audiovisual link on Thursday on charges including stalking, threatening to share intimate images without consent and possessing a restricted substance.

All three offences allegedly occurred in July in Villawood.

Fallah pleaded not guilty to all three charges earlier this month, when he was refused bail and remanded in custody.

He allegedly recorded a woman without her consent while she was partially naked and later became verbally abusive, texting her derogatory names and threatening to share the videos with others if she went to police, the court was told.

Magistrate Shane McAnulty said the woman claimed, in a sworn statement to police, that Fallah called her on multiple occasions, and sent her numerous abusive emails.

A woman claims an Iranian national called her on multiple occasions, and sent her numerous abusive emails.

The woman told police Fallah threatened to share the videos with members of her family and authorities overseas, claiming she “prostituted herself”.

“(Fallah told her) that (an overseas) authority would consider her a porn star and would likely execute her,” Mr McAnulty said.

“She said this to police in a sworn statement.”

Mr McAnulty said Fallah allegedly created a fake Instagram account under the woman’s name and had posted videos of her undressing, and that he was accused of further threatening to post the videos on Pornhub.

“He said he was going to spread her naked body all over the internet and that he knew that she had a lot of enemies who would love to see these videos,” Mr McAnulty read from her statement.

On July 16, Fallah was arrested in Villawood by officers with the Bankstown Crime Prevention Unit.

Fallah’s lawyer, Ihab Jamal, applied for him to be released on bail on Thursday, stating the woman had written a letter to his office to “withdraw her complaints and recant parts of the statement”.

An Iranian national allegedly recorded a partially naked woman without her consent and threatened to upload the videos online. Picture: iStock

Mr McAnulty questioned whether Mr Jamal was saying the woman had lied to police in a sworn statement and if the letter was actually written by her.

“(The letter) indicate(s) that there was no physical violence and that the accused and the woman were engaged in an ‘emotional exchange’,” Mr McAnulty said.

The magistrate said the letter also referred to specific legislation.

“It is a well-framed and well-written letter but has all the hallmarks of being assisted,” he said.

“It even makes mention of mental health.

“It is a well-crafted letter with astute legal observations. I have significant doubts that the content of the letter (was) authored by her. It has the hallmarks of being prepared by someone with legal knowledge.”

Mr McAnulty added that the letter did not retract any of the claims made to police, nor did it deny they occurred.

He refused the bail application and remanded Fallah in custody.

“In my mind, it is a strong case,” Mr McAnulty added.

Mr Jamal said regardless of the letter, he had “a number of issues” with the woman’s original statement to police.

Fallah is due to return to Bankstown Local Court on October 9.