Craig McLachlan: Actor charged with assault and sex offences

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Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption McLachlan is a veteran of the Australian entertainment industry
Australian actor Craig McLachlan has been charged with one count of common assault and eight counts of indecent assault by police.The former
Neighbours star was accused of sexual misconduct by three women who worked with him in a 2014 production of the Rocky Horror Show.The
53-year-old was accused of inappropriate touching and harassment
He denied all allegations, saying they were "perhaps made for financial reasons [or] to gain notoriety".McLachlan is a veteran of the
Australian entertainment industry, having won Australia's top television award - the Gold Logie - and starred in programmes including Home
and Away and the Doctor Blake Mysteries.He is due to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 8 February