Lyons also acknowledged committing offenses against children during a trip to China.
The popular surf coach and WSL surfer Connor Lyons, who was charged with multiple sex crimes against kids in December, has been hit with further charges after at least eight boys came forward, with Lyons telling court the court the allegations are “all true.”
Connor Lyons appeared in court via video link where he was hit with four more charges of indecent treatment of kids under twelve.
Lyons, who is representing himself after benching his lawyer, was offered an adjournment to examine the charges but told the court, “I’m all good thanks, all the charges on there are true.”
Court documents submitted during his second bail hearing detailed claims arising from an inquiry by the Noosa Child Protection Investigation Unit. Authorities allegedly discovered a laptop equipped with a secure file-sharing application, and its internet browsing records reportedly showed searches related to child exploitation content.
According to police, Lyons recorded his own illicit activities and saved the files on an external hard drive. Examination of his laptop allegedly revealed connections to child exploitation materials, including a video depicting a nude child changing. Lyons reportedly confessed to regularly accessing such content since his teenage years, with his most recent activity occurring in December 2024.
He is said to have admitted to erasing the recordings after his initial release on bail. Documents opposing his bail noted that Lyons allegedly told investigators he used the material and videos for sexual gratification and that he would “get off” to the kiddie porn.
Further analysis of his laptop allegedly pointed to child exploitation literature, and police claim Lyons also acknowledged committing offenses against children during a trip to China. He reportedly admitted to exposing himself to minors on several occasions, explaining to detectives that his intent was to gauge their interest and to normalize the behaviour for them.
When questioned about whether he viewed his actions as grooming, he allegedly affirmed, “yes.”
Lyons, a former surf school operator with over 9,000 Instagram followers before his account was deactivated, has not yet formally submitted pleas. However, he has expressed his intent to plead guilty to all but the four most recent charges, pending a review of the prosecution’s evidence.
The case has been postponed until May 12.
Lyons now carries thirty-three charges linked to four alleged child victims, with the heaviest charge carrying a possible 20-year sentence.
Mods, time to show this guy the door. I’d rather Ben Marcus.
So true, didn’t even think of skating.
See, this is why I like Kelly, he shows almost no interest in being around his own children, let alone someone else’s.
Wonder how many of the “surf coaches” here in Southern California are diddling kids as well. Should be no question, these guys go straight to the firing squad
Real Noose
Recall that this is not the first or most high profile individual in the Australian surf eco-system to have been doing similar activities allegedly.
Pavlov used a bell?
Only positive out of all this, is that he’s actively fessing up. The rest is an absolute nightmare.
The kids will be scarred from it.
In prison he will be the kid.
My understanding is that most all incarcerated people don’t think highly of those who tamper with children.
Think you’ll be able to sue?
Correct me if I’m wrong but Australian’s are not fond of paedophiles
Well, is any country fond of them??
Good point
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Romans 1: 24-28
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
THIS….was written 2000 years ago.
Re: Arabs: You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery” (Genesis 16:11). “He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers”
You put pedo’s and homosexual men in the same box?
Of course, lumping gays as rock spiders ala the moral panic of the 80’s has returned.
this is one of the best questions I’ve ever seen.
first: I’m not putting anyone anywhere. my response was in reference to Hamas Rabin’s comment about “Social Darwinism” in regards to the verse: 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator
However, you bring up a great question, to which I was going to respond: “context”, but wanted to make sure I provided the historical context.
It comes down to a “Heart of Darkness“.
In the time that Paul wrote his letter(s) to the Romans, age of consent would have been the time of marriage or “beginning of puberty” which was on average between the years of 10-14 years old. this is also recognized in the marriage and consummation of marriage between Muhammed and Aisha in 623 AD. she was 9 years old.
The fact is that the 16-18 yr.old “age of consent” standard was not actually created until the late 1800’s. Therefore, in reference to Romans 1:24-31, and response to your question, based on the verses: yes, all homosexual relations were considered depraved. no distinction based on age.
there is another verse in the bible that is often referenced: “but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.”
considering the previous reference (Romans), “little ones” would be interpreted as a child under the age of ten. However, many interpretations of Aramaic and ancient Hebrew translation “little ones” is not specific to children.
The theoretical implication is: This verse highlights God’s deep concern for the spiritual well-being of His followers (his children). It teaches that leading others into sin is a grave offense in God’s eyes, and it shows the weight of responsibility we carry as His people. Our actions and words can either encourage or harm others in their faith. The warning also underscores God’s justice-He does not take lightly those who harm or corrupt His children.
In other words, if you lead or corrupt one of Gods children, things are not going to go well.
my personal interpretation would be based on the intent of the offender. Basically if you are a pedo, you know what your doing is wrong, so the intent to cause harm or to pervert another person is the crime.
Conner knew what he was doing was wrong. he knew it was evil. he knew the damage he would cause to the innocent., and he intended to cause harm, so in my own interpretation he is much worse than a homosexual man, but…….I’m not Paul….and I’m not God.
Aren’t we all gods children? And thanks for clearing up your opinion that they’re not the same. Homosexuals are one box above Pedo’s.
from my understanding, yes…..we are all Gods children.
you have children Negs?
as parents we give guidance to our children, but that doesn’t mean they’ll always accept our guidance, but we’ll always love them.
Bible’s kind of the same. it offers guidance.
our free will determines whether or not we accept that guidance, but God still loves us.
I don’t really believe in putting people into boxes, hard to squeeze their arms and legs in.
personally, I think Pedos are sociopaths. they’re terribly sick people who have no concern for the harm they do.
in regards to homosexuals, they’re just like any other human. some are not good people, whereas others are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met.
it’s interesting that you like your ideas in print so much
yep, imagine that.
people writing about their ideas, opinions and experiences and putting them in print.
unthinkable……
anything else super witty and intelligent that you have to say?
Only after we make sure to get rid of their PCD’s!
they put trannies in the same pedo box too—it’s the Neoconservative thing to do
“they”?
sadly the “pedo box” is filled with a diverse community, trannies, homosexuals, and straight men and women, cons, libs, dems and reps.
Pedos are the worst of the worst and should be dealt with in the harshest of terms. trans, gay or straight.
I have a question Com. In the world of “self identification”, if the pedo Conner said he identified as a 12 year old boy, would it make a difference?
I saw on the interwebs, a 20 something white guy who identified as teen age filipino girl, and lives as such with his mother supporting his delusion(s).
so wait, are we now equating identifying as a different gender with identifying as a different age?
nope, just asking a question.
in the eye of the court, if you can self identify as a different gender as many criminals are these days to serve their sentences in a womens prison, would a judge allow for someone to identify as a different age?
https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/transage-activists-now-claim-age-is-a-social-construct-just-predicted-happen