Former NSW barrister Charles Waterstreet sexually harassed two students working for him or applying for a role in his chambers by watching a pornographic video in front of one young woman and showing another a sex toy during a job interview, a tribunal has found.
It said that “the psychiatric evidence, which we accept, indicates that Mr Waterstreet’s then undiagnosed and poorly controlled bipolar II disorder was the dominant causal factor in his offending conduct”.columnist, does not presently hold a practising certificate. He describes himself on his Instagram page as a barista “in training” and a retired barrister., Waterstreet said that “the Tribunal rejected the Bar Council’s submission that I was not a fit and proper person to be a lawyer”.
The disciplinary orders, if any, which will be made in light of the tribunal’s findings will be considered at a separate hearing. A second woman, then a first year Juris Doctor student, responded in September 2017 to a job advertisement for a role at “Rake Chambers”, a reference to the popular ABC TV series featuringWaterstreet has described himself as “co-creator of the hit TV show RAKE”. But Roxburgh said in 2017 that Waterstreet’s only involvement in the series had been contributing one idea for a single episode in season one, which led to a “co-creator” credit.