Simon met Veronica, who was the sister of his friend Larry, at a party. He drove her home afterwards. Along the way, Simon stopped the car and asked Veronica to have sexual intercourse with him. When she refused, Simon threatened that unless she complied with his demands, he would report to the Police that Larry has offered to sell him heroin. Veronica knew that Larry had in fact been quietly dealing in heroin, so she agreed to have intercourse with Simon.

The next day she complained to the Police that she had been raped the previous night by Simon.

Critically assess the liability of Simon in the fact pattern above.