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Australian actor Craig McLachlan has been found not guilty of 13 criminal charges,
stemming from allegations made by four fellow cast members of The
Rocky Horror Show.
Mr McLachlan, probably best known for his television roles in
Neighbours, Home and Away and the Dr Blake Mysteries, steadfastly
maintained his innocence from the time the charges were brought,
pleading not guilty to all counts of common assault and indecent
assault.
The charges related to allegations that McLachlan touched one
woman near her genitals during a live performance of the Rocky
McLachlan not guilty of indecently assaulting co-stars Craig McLachlan is set to learn if a magistrate will find him guilty of indecent acts against his The Rocky Horror Picture Show co-stars on Tuesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Christian Gilles.
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Subscriber only Aussie actor Craig McLachlan has been cleared of all allegations of indecent acts against four female co-stars on The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Magistrate Belinda Wallington found the Gold Logie-winning star not guilty on all 13 charges during a virtual hearing in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Ms Wallington said the prosecution had not proven beyond reasonable doubt key elements in the charges, including that McLachlan did not know the women were not consenting and whether the acts were indecent.
Former Neighbours star Craig McLachlan cleared of stage indecency in Australia
The actor had faced seven charges of indecent assault and six charges of common assault
Craig McLachlan has had a long career on stage and on television
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Craig McLachlan, the former Neighbours actor, has been found not guilty of 13 charges arising from alleged indecent assaults against four women.
Mr McLachlan, who has had a long career on stage and on television, had been accused of indecently assaulting his co-stars during a run of the musical Rocky Horror Show in Melbourne in 2014, in which the actor played the lead role of Frank-N-Furter.
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Actor Craig McLachlan has been cleared on all 13 charges of indecent and common assault.
Magistrate Belinda Wallington cleared him of charges relating to 4 co-stars in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
McLachlan faced six counts of indecent assault and seven of common law assault for alleged incidents in Melbourne between April and July in 2014 during
The Rocky Horror Show stage production. He denied all allegations.
Ms Wallington found while the incidents probably occurred, she was not satisfied the incidents were indecent. She found the women were “brave and honest witnesses”, but said the prosecutors had not met the required standard for her to find Mr McLachlan guilty of the allegations.