‘Playboy rapist’ Simon Monteiro vows to fight fresh harassment allegations

Simon Monteiro is charged with using his mobile phone to harass a female gym owner, less than two months after getting out of jail.

A notorious convicted sex offender jailed for more than a decade for violently raping an ex-girlfriend has fronted court again on a fresh allegation of intimidating a woman over the phone.

Simon Monteiro, a former model and aspiring actor once dubbed the “playboy rapist”, appeared in Parramatta Local Court via video link on Friday, where he entered a plea of not guilty to a single charge of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.

Prosecutors will allege Monteiro, who has previously gone by the name Simon Lowe, used a mobile phone to harass the woman during a five-hour period on the evening of April 1 this year, prompting her to report the incident to police.

Details of what allegedly occurred during the exchange were not revealed in court, however police arrested Monteiro two days later and took out an interim apprehended violence order on the woman’s behalf.

Monteiro, who previously led a reportedly glamorous playboy lifestyle and boasted about having relationships with Mariah Carey and Barbara Hershey, was jailed for 12 years in 2009 for raping a former girlfriend.

Simon Monteiro has fronted court again on a fresh allegation of intimidating a woman over the phone. Picture: AAP Image/Sue Graham

When his sentence expired in early 2020, a judge granted a five-year extended supervision order designed to restrict Monteiro‘s movements and protect the public as he was reintegrated back into the community.

However, he breached the order less than a month later by using multiple computers, mobile phones, fake names, email addresses and social media applications without the permission of authorities.

Simon Monteiro was jailed for 12 years in 2009.

Monteiro’s sentence expired in 2009. Picture: Guy Wilmott

At one stage he used the undisclosed information to access dating websites Plenty of Fish and Match.com.

Monteiro was sentenced to two years behind bars for the breaches – reduced to 18 months on appeal – and released from custody in February this year.

He has since launched further legal action seeking to have the extended supervision order torn up and his subsequent convictions for the breaches overturned.

In court on Friday, Monteiro began arguing with Magistrate Peter Feather moments after the proceedings began, prompting the seasoned judicial officer to mute Monteiro’s video screen and kick his case to the back of the queue.

Monteiro argued with the magistrate when he fronted court on Friday. Picture: Kay Schubach

Monteiro has been banned from entering the suburb of Neutral Bay.

Monteiro remained quarrelsome when the matter resumed almost 45 minutes later, taking offence to suggestions from the prosecutor that he also went by the “alias” Simon Lowe.

“It’s not an alias,” Monteiro said, before indicating he would likely be representing himself during the hearing, which is scheduled to run over two days in February next year.

The court heard the case is expected to include evidence from more than a dozen witnesses.

Monteiro said he would call six witnesses of his own, but claimed three would need to be subpoenaed because “they won’t appear on their own”.

Monteiro will remain at liberty ahead of the hearing but has been banned from contacting the alleged victim or entering the suburb of Neutral Bay while on bail.