Jurors were informed that Milton Orkopoulos exploited his position as a councillor and government minister in New South Wales to gain the trust of young boys. He then proceeded to give them drugs and sexually abuse them. During her closing argument, Cate Dodds, the crown prosecutor, claimed that Orkopoulos enticed one victim in by posing as a “powerful mover and shaker” who could get things done. The victim was around 11 or 12 years old when he first encountered Orkopoulos as a councillor. The now 65-year-old is accused of sexually assaulting the victim on four separate occasions in his car and in a bushwalking area. Orkopoulos denies any wrongdoing and has pleaded not guilty to 28 charges, including providing drugs to four underage boys whom he is accused of sexually assaulting over a decade. Additionally, he is accused of perverting the course of justice by asking one victim to retract his allegations. The prosecution alleges that Orkopoulos used the same tactics with all of his victims, including providing them with drugs, money, and alcohol. The prosecutor also accused Orkopoulos of being motivated by his sexual desire for young boys and acting on those desires opportunistically. The jury heard the Crown’s evidence, which included testimony from three other alleged victims who recounted similar experiences. Finally, the Crown’s case drew upon Orkopoulos’ prior guilty pleas for possessing child abuse material and for supplying drugs to a year 12 boy in Parliament House in 2006.