A junior Illawarra rugby referee accused of sexually grooming dozens of underage girls on the internet for more than a decade kept individuals dossiers on each of his conquests, a court has heard.
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Police arrested Dale Whiteman on December 11 last year after a 13-year-old girl reported having inappropriate contact with him on Instagram.
Police will allege Whiteman used social media to befriend the girl before soliciting pictures of her in lingerie and asking to meet up for sex.
Detectives seized Whiteman's electronic devices at the time of his arrest and spent two months sifting through hundreds of files.
They discovered 71 folders on a single flash drive, each featuring a different female name.
Inside the folders were screen shots from the named girl's social media accounts, records of sexual conversations she'd had with Whiteman and - in some cases - videos and images of the girl in her underwear, police claim.
Documents tendered to Wollongong Local Court on Thursday said a large number of females appeared to be underage, however police were yet to identify them all.
They claimed Whiteman's digital trail showed a history of similar behaviour spanning more than a decade.
"It appears the accused has been involved in procuring offences since 2008, with a possibility of an additional 69 victims," detectives wrote in a set of court fact sheets.
Whiteman was charged with one count of procuring a child for unlawful sexual activity at the time of his arrest in December, relating to the allegations involving the 13-year-old girl from Instagram.
He was subsequently released on bail.
However, police re-arrested Whiteman on Wednesday after another underage girl came forward with details of her alleged sexual abuse.
The alleged victim told detectives she and Whiteman had had sex at least four times during a six-month period between 2008 and 2009, when she was aged 14 and he was 20.
Police will allege they discovered the girl's name and images in one of the folders on Whiteman's flash drive.
The 31-year-old was charged with four counts of sexual intercourse with a person 14-16 years and one count each of procuring a child for unlawful sexual activity and possessing child abuse material.
When interviewed on Wednesday, Whiteman admitted owning the flash drive and knowing its contents but denied having any sexual interaction with the 14-year-old girl.
However, police said he also "portrayed himself as being a victim" and said the females were "willing participants" in all aspects of their interactions with him.
Registrar Martin Kane refused Whiteman's application for bail on Thursday and adjourned the case to Monday.
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