An Auckland real estate agent accused of propositioning a woman in a McDonald's car park for "casual sex" has failed in his bid to throw out industry disciplinary action.
Gurpreet Singh faces a misconduct charge before the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal, alleging his "conduct would reasonably be regarded by agents of good standing or reasonable members of the public as disgraceful".
It is alleged Mr Singh approached a woman he had not met before in the car park of Manurewa McDonald's in March 2013. He struck up a conversation with the woman, whose 9 and 12-year-old daughters were present, handing over his Harcourts business card and telling her to contact him if she was up for "casual sex, no strings attached".
He denies the allegation and says he wasn't at the McDonald's on the day, has never met or spoken to the woman and did not hand over his business card or make the sexual advance.
A Harcourts spokeswoman said Mr Singh was not employed by Harcourts at the time of the alleged incident.