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Sky News AU
03-07-2025
- Sky News AU
Fresh details emerge of accused Melbourne child rapist's dating history seeking threesomes and casual sex prior to arrest
A Melbourne man accused of child sex offences was reportedly seeking threesomes on a casual sex site before he was arrested as part of a significant investigation, which exposed the alleged child sex crimes of a childcare worker. Michael Simon Wilson, 36, was arrested on Wednesday facing 45 charges including rape, bestiality and possession of child abuse material. Wilson's dating history prior to his arrest has now come to light, with the alleged child rapist previously seen active on an Australian casual sex website, seeking sexual encounters with either male-female couples or female-female couples. Wilson's profile on FlingFinder was under the pseudonym Viper15233 where he posted that he was ''just out of (a) long relationship'' and ''looking to get back out there'', according to the Daily Mail. Victoria Police said Wilson's charges relate to the alleged sexual assault of a teenage boy in Hoppers Crossing on August 16. It is during the investigation of Wilson's child sex offences police discovered evidence of a separate string of sexual crimes against children at a childcare centre in Point Cook. Accused childcare rapist, Joshua Dale Brown, 26, was arrested on May 12 facing more than 70 child sex offences against eight victims, who were in his care at the Creative Garden Early Learning Centre in Point Cook between April 2022 and January 2023. Brown's alleged list of offences include sexual penetration of a child under 12, producing and transmitting child abuse material, and recklessly contaminating goods to cause alarm or anxiety. It has been alleged Brown used bodily fluids to tamper with the children's food in his care. The 26-year-old's identity was legally supressed until Tuesday when the horror was unleashed on the public. The revelation triggered an emergency response from Victoria Police urging families of more than 1,200 potentially affected children to have their kids tested "for infectious diseases". The Victorian Department of Health has also activated a public health response, urging parents to have their children screened for infectious diseases, depending on their potential exposure during the period of alleged offending. Brown and Wilson are reportedly known to each other, but Wilson's charges are not related to any childcare centre and involve different alleged victims. Brown has remained in custody since his arrest in May. Both Wilson and Brown are due to face Melbourne Magistrates' Court on September 15.
Daily Mail
03-07-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Inside the vile threesome plea of alleged childcare monster's co-accused on wild swingers website - where he hid behind the nickname VIPER
A Melbourne man accused of raping a child, which led police to alleged horrors at a childcare centre, was seeking couples on a dating website under the nickname 'Viper', Daily Mail Australia can reveal. Michael Simon Wilson, 36, was charged with 45 sex offences on Wednesday, including rape, bestiality and possession of child abuse material. Wilson was previously active on an Australian dating website, posting on his profile under the pseudonym Viper15233 that he was 'just out of (a) long relationship' and 'looking to get back out there'. The profile on FlingFinder, a site for people looking for casual sexual encounters, featured Wilson posing in an orange work shirt and specified that he was 'seeking couples'. He added that he was happy to join male-female couples or female-female couples. The 36-year-old, from Hoppers Crossing, allegedly raped a teenage boy on April 16 and while police were investigating that matter, they discovered evidence of allegedly horrific offending by childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown. Brown, 26, from Point Cook in Melbourne 's southwest, is facing more than 70 charges including sexual penetration of a child, producing child abuse material and recklessly contaminating goods to cause alarm or anxiety. The latter charge refers to allegations that he added bodily fluids to children's food. The profile on FlingFinder, a site for people looking for casual sexual encounters, featured Wilson posing in an orange polo shirt and specified that he was 'seeking couples' It is understood Brown and Wilson are known to each other, but Wilson's charges are not related to any childcare centre and involve different alleged victims. Wilson is due to appear in court in September on the same day as Brown. Brown's alleged offending occurred during his time at Creative Garden Early Learning Centre Point Cook, where he worked between October 2021 and February 2024. Although Brown was arrested on May 12, his identity and alleged crimes could not be published until police sought to have a court suppression order lifted on Tuesday. Within a few hours, an alarming warning was issued by the Victorian Department of Health and Victoria Police, urging the parents of 1,200 children to have them tested for infectious diseases. The transmission of STIs via food is low but is increased if a person has cuts or sores. The charges against Brown have prompted the Victorian government to announce it will fast-track reforms to the childcare industry, including a ban on personal devices in childcare centres from September 26. Premier Jacinta Allan said her government would also create a register of childcare workers 'as soon as possible' to provide families with 'an extra layer of checks and balances'. The government has also commissioned an urgent review into the childcare sector, which will take about six weeks. Chief Health Officer Dr Christian McGrath said on Wednesday the testing was out of an 'an abundance of caution... (but) there's not no risk, which is why we are making this recommendation'. Brown worked at 20 childcare centres over an eight-year period between January 2017 and May 2025. Police and health authorities have contacted 2,600 families of children who attended the centres in a bid to have them tested for unnamed diseases. Brown has remained in custody since his arrest in mid-May. His Point Cook home was raided by police shortly after an investigation was launched earlier that same month. He was not known to police before his arrest and had a valid Working With Children Check, which has since been cancelled. Wilson is also being held in custody on remand.
