Omar Lababidi: Top Ray White broker who bragged about his ‘hunger for money’ is accused of rape and ‘sexual touching’
- Omar Lababidi was a senior sales manager
- Ordered not to show houses only with female colleagues
A leading Sydney real estate agent with a ‘hungry for money’ has been hit with three charges of rape, plus one charge of engaging in a sexual act with someone without consent, and 12 charges of sexual assault.
Omar Lababidi was a senior sales executive at Ray White’s Macarthur branch in the west of the city until he was arrested and charged with a total of 15 sex offenses.
The 26-year-old married father-of-one spent a night in police custody but was granted conditional bail by Campbelltown’s local court on Thursday.
He was ordered to post a $10,000 bond to secure his release, and was required to report to the Campbelltown Police Department three days a week.
His bail conditions also stated that he “must not participate in the screening of an open house only with female colleagues.”
Omar Lababidi was a senior sales executive at Ray White’s Macarthur branch (pictured)
Mr Lababidi was part of a power duo with his younger brother Mohamed, who also worked at the Macarthur franchise.
They often appeared together in promotional videos and were pictured together on the company’s social media pages.
Ray White had largely deleted Mr Lababidi’s website and social media pages as of Thursday afternoon.
A spokeswoman for Ray White told Daily Mail Australia that Mr Lababidi was immediately suspended from his position when the company learned of the allegations three months ago.
In June, Mr Lababidi was ranked number five in the top 50 estate agents in NSW, ranked by home sales.
“I like talking to people and every day is different,” he told News Corp. at the time.
“When you see the smiles on the faces of first-time homebuyers, it’s a different feeling.”
Mr Lababidi (pictured) was granted conditional bail by the Campbelltown local court on Thursday
He also spoke on the “relentless hustle podcast” in July last year, discussing unrelated potential reputational issues.
“Every story has three sides,” he said.
“Sometimes when you’ve done something wrong, like someone has made a complaint, it’s not so much that you did something wrong, but there are three sides to every story.”
“Maybe you did something that upset someone and then they leave a review mentioning your bad name.
“Do you want to be known as a bad person?”
Mr Lababidi also boasted in the podcast about how he worked 90 hours a week at Woolworths, IGA, and a butcher to buy his first home at the age of 19.
The house was in Orange, central western NSW, and he bought it for about $180,000 without looking at it.
“It was the cheapest on the list,” he said, adding that even six years later he still hadn’t been to Orange.
“The first year I worked 90 hours a week at the first job, starting at about 5 a.m. and finishing at IGA at about 12 p.m.,” he said.
“I’ve always been hungry for money.”
“Real estate was always what I wanted to do. I had someone in the family who was in real estate who made it look good.’
Mr Lababidi said he was driven to be the best earlier in his career, calling top agents and saying ‘I’m going to beat you’.
His case will be heard in Campbelltown District Court on October 25.