The defendant, aged in his 40s, appeared in the Dunedin District Court this week where he was allowed bail and granted interim name suppression until his next hearing in three weeks.
Both last year and this, the man allegedly ‘‘entered into arrangement ... under which [the teen] was to supply commercial sexual services to him’’, once organised through a dating website and once via Instagram.
He also faces three charges of receiving such services from the girl.
As well as the sex charges, the defendant was also accused of supplying cannabis to the teenager and selling methamphetamine.
The latter carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
He was allegedly found with the class-A substance when searched by police this week.
The man’s bail conditions include a 7pm-7am curfew at his Otago home and a bar from using illicit substances or contacting the complainant.
He was ordered to surrender his passport to the court and was banned from accessing social media applications including one called Sugar Daddy Meet.
