A 13-year-old girl feared for her safety after her landlord gave her access to his private pool and then allegedly molested her, Albion Park Local Court has heard.
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The man, aged in his 50s, is accused of grabbing the girl's vagina or breasts on three separate occasions between December 2013 and January 2014, after providing her with an access code to his family's pool.
Each of the offences allegedly occurred while the pair were swimming alone in the pool.
Giving evidence to a closed court, the girl said she worried the molestation would escalate and he would approach her at her home.
"He could take it further ... worse than inappropriate touching because [he is] our landlord and [he has] keys to our house," she said.
"I hate knowing he is just at the end of the driveway. I feel like he could come to my house [at any time]."
The girl told the court how the man used horseplay as a cover for the alleged crimes and "cupped" her vagina as the pair wrestled each other into the pool.
She said the man used the playful act, which was caught on CCTV and played to the court, as an attempt to pass off the molestation as an accident.
"It didn't feel like an accident. I think he thought that it was the perfect time to do it," she said.
The girl alleged it was the third time the man had indecently assaulted her in the pool, having twice touched her breasts a month earlier.
On one of those occasions, she claimed he "flung" her bikini top upwards, grabbed her breasts and laughed after she asked him to tie a loose strap.
On the other, he allegedly exposed and "jiggled" one of the girl's breasts while remarking on her tan.
The incidents made her feel awkward and uncomfortable, she said, but she did not immediately report the alleged crimes.
It was only after her mother received an anonymous text from a third party and questioned the girl that she made the allegations.
The text, sent by a woman known to both the accused man and the girl's mother, warned to keep the girl away from their landlord for fear of inappropriate behaviour.
During cross examination, the girl denied she was mistaken about the events or that they could have been accidental.
Defence solicitor Adrian Daly suggested the man commented on her tan because he was a "sun worshipper" but never touched or exposed her breast, which she rejected.
The court heard the girl used the pool regularly and swam with the man on a number of occasions without incident.
Mr Daly also told the court the woman who sent the anonymous text did it to cause problems for the man and his wife because they overlooked her application to rent one of their units.
The hearing will continue on Tuesday.