Craig McLachlan defamation trial: 11 women expected to allege misconduct by actor, court hears

On Tuesday, defence barrister Michael Hodge QC told thesupreme court that McLachlan behaved inappropriately to six women who worked on a 2014 Rocky Horror Show production, with five of those women being performers and one a crew member.

The barrister said there would be evidence from three women who played Janet in the 2014 Rocky Horror Show production, with their testimony expected to include that he would “kiss down the body” of actors during “the bed scene” while hidden from view. McLachlan, on another occasion during the same scene, pulled her stage underpants to the side and kissed her on the buttock, the barrister said.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morningMcLachlan later told the court that he kissed the deltoid, shoulder and back of the tricep of the actors playing Janet. He denied kissing elsewhere on the body.

Quizzed about Frank’s “spitting motion” in the scene, the actor described the action as a “fairly course joke about Frank having performed cunnilingus, and he’s coughed up a hair”, testifying it was a performance aspect workshopped in rehearsals.

I hope he gets a fair trail now - he certainly didn't get one by the media. I've seen the footage of manipulation by the those journos. JusticeForCraigMcLachlan CraigMcLachlan

CraigMcLachlan is NOT the manipulative one or the one with bad behaviour. It was the media he is rightfully suing. JusticeForCraigMcLachlan

It’s worth mentioning that the media giants CraigMcLachlan is suing, have been heavily criticised for their malice, and lack of journalistic integrity. Trial by media erodes all our basic freedom of innocent until proven guilty. Hoping it’s just a fair hearing.

Total creep vibes.

what a flog...

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