Reports in media in the US and Australia this week state that David John Green is currently being held in a New York prison, following his apprehension at Ban Ban Station by Australian Federal Police on Friday.

Prosecutors claim he molested a woman at a Manhattan hotel in 2005, and that the woman, who has not been identified, was “physically helpless” during what has been described as a “four-hour ordeal”.

It is alleged that Mr Green fled America after being arrested and charged in 2005.

Having posted bail of $US7500 ($AU8604) and realising his passport was about to be seized, he allegedly reported it stolen and asked for a new one. The old passport was confiscated leaving him with the duplicate.

He then fled New York on an American passport, his mother being an American citizen.

Media reports claim he attempted to renew the document in March this year, once again stating he had lost his old one.

When officials realised the number matched the one that had been handed to New York District Attorney in August 2005, warrants were issued.

Green’s American lawyer, Ron Fischetti, was reported as saying Green had not been living the life of a fugitive, and had been living with his parents under his own name.

An internet search shows Mr Green hosted a low stress stock handling school at Ban Ban in December 2007, which was advertised under his own name.

In a New York court on Monday (early Tuesday Australian time), he pleaded not guilty to charges of first degree rape and reckless endangerment.

If convicted, he could be jailed for between five and 25 years.

Mr Fischetti said his client had met the woman at a bar, that sex had occurred, but that it had been consensual - which could be backed up by testimony from four witnesses and the existence of explicit photographs.

Australian authorities have charged him with two counts of making false passport statements and one count of keeping an unsecured firearm.

The Examiner left a message on the phone of Mr Green’s parents, but the call was not returned by publication deadline.