Simon Crosby

Simon Crosby was a lifeguard who rescued Tom Cunningham from drowning when he fell into a swimming pool in October 2007. O.B. - who was supposed to be looking after Tom but was distracted by Summer Shaw - ended up befriending Simon. After new lifeguard Gilly Roach witnessed a young boy running from the changing room in tears whilst with Simon, Gilly began forming suspicions that he was a pedophile, especially after finding photographs of the kids he taught in swimming trunks. O.B. recalled that Simon had a wife, Gemma, and phoned an airline Simon flew with which claimed to not know her.
After O.B. aired his suspicions to best friend (and Tom's brother) Max Cunningham, the pair broke into Simon's house where they found a locked playroom. They also found no signs of Gemma living in the house. Max tried to get ahold of Simon as Simon had taken Tom to the park but to no avail, and attacked Simon when he returned with Tom. Despite O.B.'s reluctance to believe that Simon was a pedophile, Gilly and Max began spreading the accusations around the village.
The accusations became widespread, causing a mob to form outside of the house and Gemma to fly into Chester to clear Simon's name. As the mob attacked Simon's house, he took an overdose and was found by paramedics when Gemma called the police. After recovering in hospital, Simon told O.B. that after his son, Connor, drowned, he struggled to come to terms with his death and separation from Gemma, opting to act as if it didn't happen.
The next day, Simon arrived at MOBS in search of O.B., instead encountering Max. Max apologised to Simon, but Simon walked away. Finally finding O.B., he informed O.B. that he was fired from the pool that morning and decided to leave. He invited O.B. to join him in Tenerife where a friend of his owned a bar and they could get jobs there. O.B. declined and told Simon to keep in touch as he left. Tony remembered Simon in November 2008 when he was tricked by 15-year-old Theresa McQueen into sleeping with her after she lied about her age and bought him drinks at The Loft.
== List of appearances ==
=== 2007 ===
*16th October 2007
*22nd October 2007
*13th November 2007
*14th November 2007
*15th November 2007
*13th December 2007
*14th December 2007
*17th December 2007
*18th December 2007
*19th December 2007
*20th December 2007
== Notes ==
*In December 2007, Simon was alternatively credited as "Simon Hargreaves" as opposed to "Simon Crosby".
Category:Hollyoaks characters
Category:2007 minor characters
Category:Lifeguards