Charity founder Conan Visser on parole as rape charges loom in Brisbane

A philanthropist who once mingled among models and sporting legends has been accused of rape after being convicted of a serious domestic violence assault and dangerous driving charges.

Once living the high life, anti-bullying charity founder Conan Martin Visser’s fall from grace ignited when his serious domestic violence crimes were exposed.

In 2020, Visser, who founded the now defunct charity I Can I Will, pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend in her apartment.

Now, Visser is facing fresh charges in the Brisbane District Court including three counts of rape and one count each of choking, suffocation or strangulation, assault occasioning bodily harm, and threatening violence by discharging firearms or other acts.

The alleged offences, relate to a separate complainant than the woman targeted in his prior domestic violence offending.

Awaiting those matters and adding to his list of existing offences, the now social media manager and documentary filmmaker appeared before Brisbane District Court on Thursday for breaching a 2022 suspended sentence regarding drug supply and possession.

On Thursday, the court was told Visser received a nine-month jail term, suspended for two years, in 2022 after pleading guilty to supplying small amounts of cocaine to a friend.

At the time, Visser was already serving a 12-month intensive correction order in the community for his domestic violence offending.

The presiding judge remarked on Visser’s “lacklustre” performance on the order, noting he had not engaged well in domestic violence counselling.

Only six weeks before his suspended sentence was due to expire, Visser found himself again in trouble – causing a dangerous rear-end crash on the Pacific Motorway in 2024.

Visser pleaded guilty to five driving and drug offences, with the court hearing he had a blood alcohol reading of 0.216, more than four times the legal limit, when he crashed into the car in front of him on the major motorway.

He was also found to be driving unregistered, driving unlicensed as a repeat offender, and in possession of dangerous drugs.

The social media manager was described by the presiding magistrate as a “menace on the roads”, adding it was a “minor miracle” no one was seriously injured.

The Brisbane District Court was told Visser was convicted for the offending in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court earlier this year, bringing on his breach proceedings.