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Subscriber only The long-term partner of Craig McLachlan says she felt helpless to stop the decimation of his character - but the weight of her silence is about to end . Vanessa Scammell, a conductor and musical director, says no one was interested in the opinion of a strong, independent career woman because it didn t fit the narrative surrounding McLachlan s fall from grace. Taking a swipe at what she described as society s penchant for vilifying people publicly before they ve been convicted of a crime, Scammell said McLachlan, charged with sexually assaulting four of his co-stars, was strategically targeted and made a real-life villain despite his impeccable reputation in the entertainment industry.