Hesan Soufi sentenced for teen sexual assault

An aspiring footballer who sexually assaulted an intoxicated teenage girl during his birthday party at an eastern suburbs penthouse has learned his fate in court.

Hesan Soufi was sentenced for a vile sexual assault on a teen.

An aspiring footballer has avoided jail after he sexually assaulted an intoxicated teen at his 20th birthday party at an eastern suburbs penthouse.

Hesan Soufi, 21, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual touching without consent following a disturbing incident involving a 17-year-old girl at the Meriton Suites in Bondi Junction.

A court had previously heard the sleeping girl was “out of it” when other partygoers entered the room and found Soufi on top of her.

It was previously heard the victim was on her stomach, face down and facing away from the door with her underwear around her knees.

A naked Soufi was found kneeling over her on the bed, his erect penis visible between the girl’s legs.

Hesan Soufi at Downing Centre Local Court. Picture: Nikki Short

Court documents state the girl awoke and told Soufi “we’re not f**king” before he laid partially over her, unzipped his pants and said “it’s fine, baby”.

The girl then said she felt Soufi’s penis thrust between her legs as she began to cry, pleading with him to let her up.

Hesan Soufi, 21, in an undated social media picture.

After his arrest in July 2021 Soufi spent 26 days in custody on remand, and broke down in tears at a sentence hearing when he recounted the details of his experience.

At Sydney District Court on December 7, Judge Nicole Noman ultimately determined Soufi would not spend any more time in full time custody.

Soufi was instead convicted on both counts and sentenced to a 30-month intensive correction order with supervision and 400 hours’ community service.

He will also have to continue psychological treatment and abstain completely from drugs and alcohol for the entire term of the order.

Hesan Soufi at court. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short

“I’m so sorry for the suffering I caused to her,” Soufi said in his sentence hearing.

The teen provided a harrowing account of how Soufi’s crimes had affected her during her final year of school.

“My views on life and men changed forever after that night,” she told the court on November 25.

“It affected my HSC and my final year of high school. I always think back to that night, what he did to me, why he did it, and what he was thinking about when he did it.”

Soufi currently works as a labourer for his father and his parents remain supportive of him.