Premium Content:

Craig McLachlan found not guilty of assault and indecent assault charges

Actor Craig McLachlan has been found not guilty of charges of assault and indecent assault dating back to the 2014 production of The Rocky Horror Show. 

- Advertisement -

The verdict for all 13 charges the actor was facing were announced in a Melbourne court on Tuesday. Four women had made complaints that McLachlan had made unwanted and inappropriate contact with them.

Magistrate Belinda Wallington while she accepted some of the complainants’ evidence, it did not meet the high criminal standard to prove the charges.

“I was not persuaded that there was evidence of collusion between the complainants. I was not persuaded that there was evidence of motive or that the complaints were made for reasons for career ambition or for any other such reason.” the magistrate said.

She said was unable to exclude the possibility that an “egotistical, self-entitled sense of humor” had possibly on one occasion led to McLachlan believing that the complainant had consented to his actions.

Speaking out side the offices of his lawyer McLauchlin told the media he would have more to say on the verdict in the new year.

The actor is currently pursuing defamation proceedings against the ABC and Nine over their reporting of the story.

OIP Staff


Love OUTinPerth Campaign

Help support the publication of OUTinPerth by contributing to our
GoFundMe campaign.

Latest

New trailer gives us insight into the conclusion of ‘Downton Abbey’

It looks like it's going to be an emotional send off to the much loved characters.

Two teenagers shot outside Stonewall Inn following New York’s Pride celebrations

Police say its too early to tell if the shooting was a hate crime.

Boy George declares ‘The World is Cool’

Boy George is keeping his album off streaming services, you have to buy a physical copy.

On This Gay Day | Activist Sylvia Rivera was born in 1951

Sylvia Rivera was a pioneering transgender activist and a prominent figure in the global LGBTIQ+ rights movement.

Newsletter

Don't miss

New trailer gives us insight into the conclusion of ‘Downton Abbey’

It looks like it's going to be an emotional send off to the much loved characters.

Two teenagers shot outside Stonewall Inn following New York’s Pride celebrations

Police say its too early to tell if the shooting was a hate crime.

Boy George declares ‘The World is Cool’

Boy George is keeping his album off streaming services, you have to buy a physical copy.

On This Gay Day | Activist Sylvia Rivera was born in 1951

Sylvia Rivera was a pioneering transgender activist and a prominent figure in the global LGBTIQ+ rights movement.

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart dies aged 90

The preachers is remembered for a series of scandals with sex workers in the late 1980s.

New trailer gives us insight into the conclusion of ‘Downton Abbey’

It looks like it's going to be an emotional send off to the much loved characters.

Two teenagers shot outside Stonewall Inn following New York’s Pride celebrations

Police say its too early to tell if the shooting was a hate crime.

Boy George declares ‘The World is Cool’

Boy George is keeping his album off streaming services, you have to buy a physical copy.