During the tell-all interview, McLachlan cried, ranted and raged about the allegations, which he still strenuously denies. On the Sunday night, before the 7.30 Report ran on Monday January 8, 2018, McLachlan says he stood on stage at the Rocky Horror Show and heard the crowd's cheers. McLachlans case finished on Thursday and the defendants will begin calling their witnesses on Friday. My family will be better off without me.' Christie Whelan Browne spoke out so others would not have to suffer. At the end of last year, McLachlan was found not guilty of seven indecent assault charges and six common assault charges relating to seven alleged incidents. May 17, 2021 - 7:43PM NCA NewsWire Craig McLachlan's tell-all interview with Channel 7, the actor's first major media appearance since he was publicly accused of sexually harassing several co-stars, was met with significant derision on Sunday night. Craig McLachlan sexually harassed three more actresses, court - YouTube You're referring to that girl?' It happens to men who journalists methodically gather a bunch of reliable sources to speak out against. The interview prompted a stage crew member to come forward with new information about one of the allegations raised during McLachlan's recent criminal trial. Shame on you Channel 7 shame. 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After 10 days of presenting his case, McLachlan pulled the pin on the very day 11 women were due to start giving evidence about the actor, including incidents of sexual harassment, indecent exposure, indecent assault and bullying. The document, released to the ABC this week by the NSW Supreme Court, also alleges that Mr McLachlan bullied and intimidated actor Tim Maddren, who played the role of Brad in The Rocky Horror Show. If you're based in Australia, please contactLifeline13 11 14 for support orbeyondblue1300 22 4636. Actor Craig McLachlan is set to return to performing, more than 3 years after allegations surrounding The Rocky Horror Show in 2014 made headlines.. McLachlan will star as Hank Williams in a one man play, Nobody Lonesome For Me, to be directed by Terry Serio in Adelaide later this year. McLachlan said he felt like his family and girlfriend, conductor Vanessa Scammell, who also appeared in the7NEWS Spotlight special, would be 'better off without me'. Later in the interview, the actor also shared footage of the shipping container he spent time living in while out of work and in hiding. Seven Network's tell-all interview with actor Craig McLachlan found not guilty of seven indecent assault charges in December was the fourth-most watched program on . Nonetheless,before each ad break, viewers were also shown the words 'Horror Show' up in lights with a sting of horror music, so the producers clearly wanted that concept interwoven. ", "McLachlan's conduct in kissing Wouters down the stomach once out of sight of the audience was unnecessary for the performance of the Janet Bed Scene, was not scripted or directed.". In December, Magistrate Belinda Wallington found the women who accused McLachlan were brave and honest witnesses, but said the prosecutors had not met the required standard for her to find McLachlan guilty of the allegations. I can't win. Yes, I mucked in with the rest of them, I tried to give as good as I got. Image: Seven. And look, that's a bizarre exaggeration, but okay. In December, a Melbourne magistrate found Mr McLachlan not guilty of seven indecent assault charges and six common assault charges relating to his alleged conduct towards four women while playing the starring role of Frank-n-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. I was public enemy number one. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. On the first day of filming, Hayes was required to play a dead woman in a scene shot inside a room set up to look like a morgue, the defence document says. The defence document alleges: "On several occasions during the Janet bed scene while Wouters played the role of Janet and McLachlan played the role of Frank-n-Furter, McLachlan continued to kiss Wouters down the front of her stomach after he had disappeared under the covers was out of sight of the audience (when he was supposed to be hiding behind the bed covers but otherwise not kissing Janet). But he has denied the allegations in the publications, and has accused Whelan Browne and two other women of approaching the media for notoriety or money. In December, McLachlan was found not guilty of seven indecent assault charges and six common assault charges relating to his alleged conduct towards four women during the 2014 tour of The Rocky Horror Show. pasquale antonio (@pas3p3) May 10, 2021. McLachlan pulled away a few seconds later when a crew member standing in the doorway yelled words to the effect of 'Craig, we need you back on set'.". She described the four complainants as brave and honest witnesses who had not colluded and were not motivated by career ambition. When multiple women risk everything to claim the same man assaulted them, we believe them and know they are telling the truth. Thompson denied he was disparaging about Whelan Browne and others when he tweeted that the victims were not asked back to do the 2017 Rocky Horror production. Mr McLachlan first appeared on Australian television screens 34 years ago in 1987 as Henry Ramsay on Neighbours. The boom operator Jenny Pearson, who worked with McLachlan on some of the Doctor Blake series, said he had a wonderful reputation. Craig McLachlan to return to performing as social media reacts to TV As the music fades out, we return to McLachlan and his partner on the couch. And it's pretty good,' he said in the clip. It is outrageous. Look what they're done. While Magistrate Wallington said she accepted some of the complainants' evidence, she said it did not meet the high criminal standards required to prove the charges. His long-term partner, Vanessa Scammell, also makes a brief appearance in the trailer where she says McLachlan has been abandoned by everybody. 'That broke my heart. A friend has told his defamation trial the actor had been loved in the entertainment industry until he was accused of indecent assault and harassment. 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Mr Maddren decided to change the scene and not point his finger at the star. McLachlan is allegedly seeking damages, aggravated damages, special damages, interest and costs in his defamation case against the ABC. He is also alleged to have twice groped Ms Norfolk's buttocks while backstage. I burst into tears and I rang Nessa and said 'How am I going to survive this?'. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. But once McLachlan argues thatthose remarks were just a result of the 'Vinestein' context (he really does say Vinestein instead of Weinstein, as in Harvey Weinstein, at one point), we move on to the issue that upsets him the most: the friend who betrayed him. and This was not as scripted or directed.". The thing that Im alleged to have done to my friend, a visibly emotional McLachlan says. This is exactly how r*pe culture stays alive because its broadcast. Craig McLachlan outside a Sydney court. Police had alleged McLachlan either indecently assaulted or assaulted four complainants while performing in Melbourne between April 26, 2014 and July 13, 2014. Or having to watch your allegation role-played by your accuser and his partner. There was an error submitting the form. ", 'In this post-Weinstein hashtag-me-too world-gone-mad, I can't win.'. The preview for the interview is so lengthy that we think the show has started, but it turns out we're just watching clips of footage that we'll see repeated shortly. Craig McLachlan thanks supporters after his Channel Seven interview [Like I'm] some kind of dirty paedophile? 16:52 BST 16 May 2021 or Won't I? OPINION | No winners in Craig McLachlan tell-all - TV Blackbox Watch: Craig McLachlan's interview on Channel Seven tonight. Or turn it off and don't watch.#CraigMcLachlan https://t.co/pKWvfl5Ang pic.twitter.com/Edfdlf5AFp. 'That broke my heart. Hayes felt uncomfortable and a number of further takes were required to complete the scene as a result of McLachlan's conduct. The ABC's defence document details further claims of a third actress, Teagan Wouters, who alleges that when she played Janet in The Rocky Horror Show, Mr McLachlan, who played the starring role of Frank-n-Furter, kissed down the front of her stomach during a bedroom scene and asked her for kisses in her dressing room. Completely putting aside the validity of his response to these allegations, it is objectively bizarre to turn them into a performance. And Seven didn't ask. recreating this with his partner Vanessa Scammell multiple times for a Channel Seven interview on the . Arrogance and entitlement finally caught up with McLachlan. The woman does notrepeat the words of the ABC producer, and instead uses her own words to point to McLachlan's influence.
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