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In this April 23, 2014, photo, Craig McLachlan performs as Frank N Furter during a media call for The Rocky Horror Show at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne. Police in Victoria state on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, said a 53-year-old man, identified by news outlets as McLachlan, had been charged on summons to appear in court over the nine charges, and another charge of attempted indecent assault.(Julian Smith/AAP Image via AP)

Australian actor McLachlan charged with indecent assault

 By The Associated Press  January 11, 2019 at 1:53am
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SYDNEY (AP) — Australian actor Craig McLachlan has been charged with eight counts of indecent assault and one count of common assault after being accused of sexual misconduct by three women who worked with him in a stage musical.

Police in Victoria state on Friday said a 53-year-old man, identified by news media as McLachlan, has been summoned to appear in court over the nine charges, and another charge of attempted indecent assault.

A spokesman for the former star of long-running Australian TV series “Neighbours” and “Home and Away” said in a brief statement that McLachlan denied all of the charges, which arose after a production of “The Rocky Horror Show” in 2014.

“Craig is innocent of these charges which will be vigorously defended,” the statement said.

McLachlan is due to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Feb. 8.

After the allegations against McLachlan first emerged last year, the actor launched a defamation suit against two Australian news organizations — Fairfax Media and the Australian Broadcasting Corp. — and against former Rocky Horror co-star Christie Whelan Browne.

He is seeking damages of $6.5 million in the Supreme Court of New South Wales state over reports he bullied and indecently assaulted Whelan Browne and two other female cast members during the stage production.

His legal team said last May that since the allegations, McLachlan has become reclusive and his acting career has been effectively destroyed.

Hearings in the defamation suit are to start Feb. 4.

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