A court has heard an alleged child abuse victim of a former New South Wales Labor minister was forced to sign a document retracting allegations against the ex-parliamentarian.
Milton Orkopoulos, 65, is standing trial in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court on 28 charges relating to four boys, including alleged child sex abuse and drug supply offences.
The charges include eight counts of supplying a prohibited drug, eight counts of indecent assault, and 11 counts of sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 16.
It is alleged the offences took place in the Lake Macquarie area and on the Mid North Coast between 1993 and 2003.
Mr Orkopoulos has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
It is also alleged Mr Orkopoulos took a boy to the house of former Labor Federal MP Jill Hall.
Today Crown prosecutor Cate Dodds told the court that was where the child signed a document withdrawing an allegation of inappropriate behaviour against the accused.
In her closing address, Ms Dodds said the boy was under pressure to sign.
"The accused rang and said he wanted [the boy] to sign a statement retracting his allegation," he said.
Ms Dodds told the court that amounted to "perverting the course of justice by obstructing, preventing or defeating the course of justice or the administration of the law".
She said Ms Hall described the order of events in her evidence to the trial.
"Jill Hall's evidence was that Milton stood up, put the document in front of [the boy] and said to [the boy] he wants his signature," Ms Dodds said.
"Jill Hall went on to say, 'I believe it may have had something to do with the complaint against Milton.
"'Milton was standing behind [the boy].'"
Ms Dodds told the court Mr Orkopoulos was aware of the boy approaching police and was "pissed off" because [the boy] nearly exposed his alleged activities.
Mr Orkopoulos has vehemently denied any alleged sexual assault and any drug offence.
The defence has told jurors the witnesses were unreliable and should not be believed.
Today Ms Dodds today told the jury that "the accused acted in the same way against each of the witnesses and their accounts must be true".
Defence barrister Paul Johnson is due to deliver his closing address before Judge Jane Culver this afternoon.
