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Moody is mighty indignant that a podcast has been made exposing the truth about Craig’s court case. Not that she sees it that way: “This podcast is not about clarity or truth – it’s about power and control over the women he harmed, and it’s about maintaining power and control over the stories of survivors.”
Clearly, the many thousands who have been listening to the podcast don’t agree. Not Guilty – The Craig McLachlan case has been No. 3 in top trending Apple podcasts in recent weeks, with Vanessa and Craig flooded with positive feedback.
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The podcast has been a labour of love from Craig’s partner, Vanessa Scammell, who’s been by his side through the whole 8-year ordeal since he was first accused. Vanessa scrambled to produce this amazingly detailed analysis of the court case, in between the demands of her own career, working as a conductor in ballet, musical theatre, concert repertoire and opera productions.
Many of you will have heard the talk Vanessa gave at our Restoring the Presumption of Innocenceconference two years ago, where she aimed to set the record straight about the court case, challenging the distorted publicity from most of our media.
Since then, Craig McLachlan has discovered the hard way that in today’s Australia, a not “not guilty” verdict means very little in our feminist-led court of public opinion.
I recently sat down with Craig and Vanessa to talk about what’s happened to them in the last two years. Our chat had its laughs, but it laid bare something far darker: the raw, terrifying power of the feminist mob to turn a man into an unemployable villain — even after a not-guilty verdict and a costs award. They’re still trying to rewrite the court result to keep him blacklisted. It’s chilling stuff.
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I hope you will watch our video for the full story but here in brief are some key developments:
Late last year Craig was due to be back on stage in a comedy called Cluedo, appearing alongside some other well-known actors. All was going well and then an actress called Queenie Van Der Sandt took it upon herself to wreak havoc.