Soccer coach Andrea Faraone avoids jail for intentionally sexually touching autistic woman
A creep soccer coach committed lewd acts on an autistic woman at his St Kilda apartment then left her to catch a train to hospital. So why isn’t he going to jail?
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A creep soccer coach who sexually assaulted an autistic woman then claimed he told her to leave his home because she had a “bad smell” has avoided a jail sentence.
Andrea Faraone, 47, was sentenced in the County Court on Wednesday to an 18-month community correction order after pleading guilty to two charges of intentionally sexually touching a woman.
Faraone met his victim via dating app Skout then invited her out for lunch on May 11 2018.
He told his victim he wanted “company” because he “didn’t like having lunch on his own”.
Faraone picked his 23-year-old victim up and drove her to his St Kilda apartment.
He cooked his victim pasta while she watched TV.
The creepy coach then made unwanted sexual advances on his victim.
Faraone kissed his victim, took her top off and touched her.
The victim told him to stop.
“I don’t like it, you can stop,” she said.
“I’m not a very sexual person.”
Faraone then unzipped his pants and made his victim perform a lewd act.
The sleazebag then performed a sex act while watching porn on his mobile phone.
Faraone — who told his victim he had “somewhere else to be” — drove the woman to a station to make her own way home to the other side of town.
The victim — who has autism, schizophrenia and developmental delay — went to the Royal Women’s later that evening.
The victim told her sister she met Faraone online and the pair had “sexual play”.
However, the victim said she “didn’t want to do it” and “didn’t know how to leave”.
The sister reported the incident to police.
The court was told the victim was later examined with a rape kit and a “more serious” charge against Faraone had been withdrawn.
Faraone — who initially denied any offending — told police his victim was at his home but she had a “real bad smell” and he “wanted her out of his house”.
Faraone also told police he thought the victim was a “bit strange” and he “didn’t like to deal with anyone that didn’t make sense”.
The court heard Faraone held a job as a soccer coach and also worked in hospitality and construction just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The victim said in her victim impact statement that Faraone’s offending was “hateful thing to do”.
The victim also said she doesn’t know how to trust men now and has stopped using social media.
Judge Gabriele Cannon said Faraone’s moral culpability was “very high”.
“The victim was in a most vulnerable position, “ Judge Cannon said.
Judge Cannon also expressed concern at Faraone’s insight and level of remorse.
“He seems to have a different view of what it means when someone says no,” Judge Cannon said.
“He doesn’t take no for an answer.”
Faraone was also ordered to undertake treatment and rehabilitation for drug use and must perform 100 hours of community work.
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