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A City lawyer allegedly encouraged a teenage apprentice to have unprotected sex with a man on her first date because 'he enjoyed her taking risks', a tribunal has heard.
Oliver Bretherton, 41, said that he was on a break in Scotland when the 18-year-old sent him pictures of herself having sex with another man.
He told the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal the 'unsolicited' photos were sent 'to try and arouse me'.
'I had limited access to my phone because I was with my wife. I was alone with my wife, so it was hard to message back,' he said.
The woman, known as Person A, claims that Bretherton, then a director of international law firm Gowling WLG, was 'controlling'.
She alleges that Bretherton knew she was going on a first date and instructed her to sleep with the man. She told the tribunal: 'I did because I knew that Oliver would be angry with me if I did not.
'He also asked me to send him pictures of me having sex and that I was not to use a condom or be on the pill because he enjoyed me taking risks.'
City lawyer Oliver Bretherton, 41, gave an 18-year-old junior colleague sexual tasks and threw ping-pong balls down the front of her dress, a disciplinary tribunal has heard
Bretherton denied instructing her. He told the tribunal: 'I never really understood what Person A was doing in her dating life.'
He denies allegations of sexually motivated conduct towards three woman including Person B, who claims Bretherton described her as ‘hot’.
A third complainant claims Bretherton behaved inappropriately towards her in a sexualised manner.
Nimi Bruce, for the Solicitors Regulation Authority, has claimed Bretherton told the 18-year-old he wanted to have sex with her in the office and didn't care if there was a glass wall.
Giving evidence Bretherton recalled that Person A was a 'very confident' individual.
He said: 'The impression I got from Person A was that she was very confident and I didn't get the impression she wasn't doing things that weren't office behaviour.'
Acknowledging there was a power imbalance between them that never shifted over time, he said: 'I was more senior and she was junior. I accept there was a power imbalance.'
Bretherton accepts that he discussed Person A's sex life and told her a picture of her turned him on. He denies that he told her he was masturbating to it.
He also admits sending a message asking her to take her underwear off, describing sex and what it would 'feel and taste like'.
The lawyer said: 'Yes, we exchanged messages of that nature but I don't remember the details. I remember we discussed positions.'
Bretherton claims he was in a 'consensual sexual fantasy relationship' - despite being the woman's boss and more than twice her age
Bretherton admitted he sent her links to porn he liked and erotic literature, but denied that it was on many occasions.
Ms Bruce asked him: 'Do you accept that you had
