Two more people from a 2014 Rocky Horror Show production have come forward with accusations of inappropriate behaviour against star Craig McLachlan.
Three cast members from the 2014 performance told a Fairfax Media/ABC investigation that McLachlan inappropriately touched them or exposed himself.
A woman and a man who worked as part of the crew in the 2014 production also went to police on Monday, the ABC reports.
McLachlan has agreed to stand down from the current production at the Adelaide Festival Centre and will be replaced in Tuesday night’s show by his understudy.
He has been quoted as saying of the accusations:
“They seem to be simple inventions, perhaps made for financial reasons, perhaps to gain notoriety.”
The show’s producers — Gordon Frost Organisation — say they are taking the allegations seriously and will co-operate fully with authorities.
The company said:
“We can also confirm that our records show the claimants at no time made any complaint — formal or informal — to the company manager or executive producer of The Rocky Horror Show in 2014.
“Furthermore no one at GFO recalls any verbal discussion of this nature. It would be distressing to us if anyone within our company was dismissive of sexual assault allegations, and this will form a part of our internal investigation.”
-With AAP
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— Tracey Spicer (@TraceySpicer) January 7, 2018
