{"id":142837,"date":"2023-11-01T03:31:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T03:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=142837"},"modified":"2023-11-01T03:31:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T03:31:49","slug":"craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig McLachlan addresses fallout from his sexual assault accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Craig McLachlan calls the fallout from his sexual assault charges &#8216;wrong and dangerous&#8217; and says SAS Australia was a way to &#8216;exorcise pain with pain&#8217; after quitting the show<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Craig McLachlan&#8217;s gross nickname on SAS Australia is revealed before he quits the show after collapsing\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Craig McLachlan opened up about the fallout from his sexual assault charges last Tuesday after receiving a half-a-million dollar payout following his acquittal.<\/p>\n<p>The Rocky Horror star, 58, said the charges laid against him were &#8216;wrong and dangerous&#8217; before warning that &#8216;every Australian should be concerned&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the TV Central podcast, he suggested the &#8216;presumption of innocence&#8217; has been &#8216;eroded&#8217; in the justice system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That crucial, necessary foundation stone\u2026 is being eroded.\u00a0And it&#8217;s wrong and it&#8217;s dangerous,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Every Australian should be concerned and not just famous folk\u2026 because when that&#8217;s gone what are you left with?\u00a0You&#8217;re left with anarchy and lives ruined.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Craig went on to say these are &#8216;dangerous times where investigations aren&#8217;t as thorough as the law requires them to be&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night&#8217;s episode of SAS Australia, Craig dramatically quit the quasi-military training television show after collapsing and calling for a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>The actor admitted that while he had the mental stamina needed to go all the way, physically he was struggling.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/21\/77242661-12695051-image-a-1_1698789092580.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Craig McLachlan, 58, (pictured) opened up about the fallout from his sexual assault charges last Tuesday after receiving a half-a-million dollar payout following his acquittal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/23\/77242647-12695051-The_Rocky_Horror_star_said_the_charges_laid_against_him_were_wro-a-22_1698794051228.jpg\" height=\"955\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Rocky Horror star said the charges laid against him were &#8216;wrong and dangerous&#8217; before warning that &#8216;every Australian should be concerned&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[I said in an interview] I wanted to exorcise pain with pain. I just didn&#8217;t realise how much pain,&#8217; Craig told TV Central.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What better way than to spring clean the body mind and soul?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The former Neighbours star was recently handed a $500,000 payout after he was acquitted of his sexual assault charges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/21\/77242663-12695051-image-a-3_1698789111253.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the TV Central podcast, he suggested the &#8216;presumption of innocence&#8217; has been &#8216;eroded&#8217; in the justice system<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Craig McLachlan admits he attempted to take his own life following indecent assault allegations<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/22\/76369173-12695051-Craig_McLachlan_has_confessed_that_he_attempted_to_take_his_own_-a-5_1698789751396.jpg\" height=\"336\" width=\"586\"><\/p>\n<p>He was charged with assault and indecent assault over incidents which occurred in a stage production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show in Melbourne in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate Belinda Wallington found him not guilty of 13 charges following a four-week contested hearing in the Victorian Melbourne Magistrates Court in December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In her 105-page judgement, the magistrate said she found the incidents to have happened &#8211; but that Craig believed he had consent.<\/p>\n<p>She said it was his &#8216;egotistical self-entitled sense of humour&#8217; that led him to believe others would either not mind or find his behaviour funny, and ordered Victoria Police to cover his legal fees.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/21\/77244497-12695051-image-a-4_1698789261158.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former Neighbours star was acquitted of his sexual assault charges after the magistrate found the incidents to have happened &#8211; but that Craig believed he had consent<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12695051\/Craig-McLachlan-addresses-sexual-assault-accusations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Craig McLachlan calls the fallout from his sexual assault charges &#8216;wrong and dangerous&#8217; and says SAS Australia was a way to &#8216;exorcise pain with pain&#8217; after quitting the show READ MORE:\u00a0Craig McLachlan&#8217;s gross nickname on SAS Australia is revealed before he quits the show after collapsing\u00a0 Craig McLachlan opened up about the fallout from his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Craig McLachlan addresses fallout from his sexual assault accusations - Celebrity-hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Craig McLachlan addresses fallout from his sexual assault accusations - Celebrity-hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Craig McLachlan calls the fallout from his sexual assault charges &#8216;wrong and dangerous&#8217; and says SAS Australia was a way to &#8216;exorcise pain with pain&#8217; after quitting the show READ MORE:\u00a0Craig McLachlan&#8217;s gross nickname on SAS Australia is revealed before he quits the show after collapsing\u00a0 Craig McLachlan opened up about the fallout from his [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Celebrity-hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-01T03:31:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ryan Shaver\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Craig-McLachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ryan Shaver\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/\",\"name\":\"Craig McLachlan addresses fallout from his sexual assault accusations - Celebrity-hub\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-01T03:31:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-01T03:31:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Celebrities\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/category\/celebrities\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Craig McLachlan addresses fallout from his sexual assault accusations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/\",\"name\":\"Celebrity-hub\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Ryan Shaver\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ryan Shaver\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Craig McLachlan addresses fallout from his sexual assault accusations - Celebrity-hub","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Craig McLachlan addresses fallout from his sexual assault accusations - Celebrity-hub","og_description":"Craig McLachlan calls the fallout from his sexual assault charges &#8216;wrong and dangerous&#8217; and says SAS Australia was a way to &#8216;exorcise pain with pain&#8217; after quitting the show READ MORE:\u00a0Craig McLachlan&#8217;s gross nickname on SAS Australia is revealed before he quits the show after collapsing\u00a0 Craig McLachlan opened up about the fallout from his [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/","og_site_name":"Celebrity-hub","article_published_time":"2023-11-01T03:31:49+00:00","author":"Ryan Shaver","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Craig-McLachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ryan Shaver","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/","url":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/","name":"Craig McLachlan addresses fallout from his sexual assault accusations - Celebrity-hub","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-01T03:31:49+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-01T03:31:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/craig-mclachlan-addresses-fallout-from-his-sexual-assault-accusations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Celebrities","item":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/category\/celebrities\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Craig McLachlan addresses fallout from his sexual assault accusations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/","name":"Celebrity-hub","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Ryan Shaver","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ryan Shaver"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}