A married ex-parliamentary barmaid says she had sex with South Australian Premier Mike Rann on his Parliament House desk during a lengthy affair, a confession that threatens to end his political career.
Australia's longest serving premier bunkered down on Sunday, refusing to make any comment on the claims aired on the Seven Network.
The former barmaid, Michelle Chantelois, says she had an affair with the premier in explosive allegations that could end Mr Rann's seven-year rule of the state.
The premier, who faces a state election in March next year, will make a statement on Monday about Ms Chantelois' allegations of an affair with him that started in 2003 and ended in 2005.
Mr Rann married his wife, Sasha Carruzzo, in July 2006.
Ms Chantelois' estranged husband Richard Phillips is expected to front court next month accused of assaulting Mr Rann after allegedly hitting the premier in the face with a rolled up magazine at a corporate function last month.
Mr Phillips allegedly yelled at the premier "Remember my wife" before striking him.
Ms Chantelois, in a paid interview, told the Seven Network's Sunday Night program she was sexually intimate with Mr Rann on a number of occasions.
She said she had sex with the premier on his Parliament House desk and on the floor of his office during an affair she now describes as a "nightmare".
Ms Chantelois, an ex-waitress in Parliament House's dining room, said the fling started when Mr Rann asked her to his office because "he wanted to kiss me".
"I didn't say no," she said.
"There was sex involved, there was sexual contact and intimacy involved.
"Having me on his desk ... in his office."
Ms Chantelois said Mr Rann made it clear "this was going to be our little secret" and had rules including "we can't fall in love with each other".
"I was just drawn into whatever Mike Rann wanted me to do and just the whole intensity of the relationship," she said.
Ms Chantelois said she quit her parliamentary position in 2003 but exchanges between herself and Mr Rann resumed in early 2004.
On one occasion, the pair went to Mr Rann's office and "the clothes came off, the intercourse began," she said.
Ms Chantelois also detailed late night encounters at a city golf course.
"We would go parking at the North Adelaide golf course, it was always late in the evening, dark, no one could see us," she said.
"I'm ashamed to say it, but yes, intimacy was involved.
"And then I would drive him back to Parliament House, he would get out of the vehicle and go back to work."
Mr Rann has previously admitted a friendship with Ms Chantelois, saying his current wife was "very aware of her".
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