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Instead, he insisted on staying with Ms Hayes and holding the ladder, saying: 'I'm going to hold the ladder.' Mr McLachlan was not part of the scene and was asked to attend hair and makeup. The defence document also alleges that in a different scene, Ms Hayes was required to stand on a ladder and take a painting off the wall. Hayes felt uncomfortable and a number of further takes were required to complete the scene as a result of McLachlan's conduct.' A member of the crew commented with words to the effect of 'Come on Craig, we need to get this shot'. The defence document alleges that during the scene, Mr McLachlan continued to whisper further comments to the effect that Ms Hayes was beautiful.

McLachlan then said words to the effect of 'you are really beautiful' in a whispered tone and leaning into Hayes' ear so that only she could hear him. McLachlan's character said scripted words to the effect of 'she was beautiful'. 'Hayes was wearing underwear and covered by a sheet.

'On the first day of filming, Hayes was required to play a dead woman in a scene shot inside a room set up to look like a morgue,' the defence document says. Tamzen Hayes played the role of Virginia McKay in season 2 of Dr Blake in 2014 and was on set for three days of filming. 'You are really beautiful,' McLachlan allegedly whispered to actress playing corpse The ABC's defence document details further claims of a third actress, Teagan Wouters, who alleges that when she played Janet in The Rocky Horror Show, Mr McLachlan, who played the starring role of Frank-n-Furter, kissed down the front of her stomach during a bedroom scene and asked her for kisses in her dressing room.Īlso in the defence document, Tim Maddren, a former star of the children's musical group Hi-5, alleges Mr McLachlan bullied and threatened him after he refused to play along with an on-stage joke involving Mr McLachlan simulating masturbation and oral sex on Mr Maddren's finger. In the court document, she alleges Mr McLachlan placed his hand on her buttock during a close-up scene and says she was so surprised that she forgot her lines. In 2014, Ms Samson filmed with Mr McLachlan for season 3 of Dr Blake Mysteries. It reveals new allegations by actress Tamzen Hayes that Mr McLachlan sexually harassed her when she was playing the role of a corpse and gave her an unwanted, open-mouthed kiss during filming of season 2 of the Dr Blake Mysteries in 2014.Īnna Samson is an actress on Channel 7's hit soap Home and Away. The document released this week by the Supreme Court is the ABC's defence to Mr McLachlan's defamation claim. Mr McLachlan also said at the time he never had any romantic interest in a female cast member and never made any unwanted advances to any cast members during the show. In either event, they are to the best of my knowledge utterly and entirely false.'

In an email to the ABC at the time, he strenuously denied all the allegations, saying: 'Frankly, they seem to be simple inventions, perhaps made for financial reasons, perhaps to gain notoriety. Mr McLachlan is suing the ABC, Fairfax (now part of Nine) and an actress for defamation over reports in 2018 that he indecently assaulted, harassed and bullied his fellow cast members during the 2014 tour of The Rocky Horror Show. The revelations come on the eve of a Channel 7 documentary 'Horror Show' featuring Mr McLachlan, in which the actor denies allegations that he sexually harassed another three female co-stars in the 2014 stage production of The Rocky Horror Show. It also alleges that Mr McLachlan bullied and intimidated actor Tim Maddren, who played the role of Brad in The Rocky Horror Show. The document, released to the ABC this week by the NSW Supreme Court, details fresh claims by actresses Tamzen Hayes and Anna Samson, who played opposite Mr McLachlan in The Doctor Blake Mysteries, and Teagan Wouters, who played Janet in The Rocky Horror Show.

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