Craig McLachlan under siege: not guilty but still under attack by the feminist mob

She took to social media to declare she was “shocked and disheartened” that Craig had landed a major role. Naturally, the online mob roared in, bullied the rest of the cast for daring to share a stage with him, and made life so toxic that the producer — displaying all the backbone of a wet paper towel —caved and booted Craig out.

These so-called powerful men who run showbiz in Australia don’t have spines — they have white flags. They once fawned over the Gold Logie star actor but now they cower, terrified they’ll be next on the mob’s menu.

So, Craig was forced to step aside from Cluedo, but the feminist outrage brigade has also had a go at bullying regional theatres which have been hosting his two-man show – Six String Stories, featuring Craig on guitar, singing, telling funny stories. It’s a great evening and is proving very popular.

The exciting news is Craig will also be starring in a daring new cabaret show called “Schadenfreude” in Melbourne later this year. It promises to be funny, dark, and entertaining. Full details here.

But I also have an appeal to you, good readers. If you are connected with a theatre or venue with a supportive community which would be willing to stand up for Craig by hosting his show, please contact me. Years ago, I managed to get Cassie Jaye’s movie, The Red Pill, shown around the country, despite fierce opposition from the cancel cult. Surely, we can do this again.

Now to explain more about what’s fuelling the ongoing attacks on Craig, we have to look at the role of the presiding judicial officer in the case, Magistrate Belinda Wallington.

The woman has quite a reputation as the magistrate who first ordered the late Cardinal George Pell to stand trial and then famously appeared in an ABC photograph with Louise Milligan, author of the notorious book, Cardinal, which very effectively poisoned public opinion before the Pell case went before a jury. The unanimous High Court decision dismissing the Pell allegations speaks volumes about the judgement of both women.

Her behaviour in Craig’s case is equally questionable. Having dismissed all the charges against Craig and awarded costs against the police, Wallington then weighed in with some unwarranted asides, describing the four complainants as “brave and honest” and Craig as an “egotistical and self-entitled man”.

Worse still, she threw in a comment about recent changes to sexual consent laws in Victoria, claiming if those changes had been in place at the time of the charges “it is possible that the result would have been different.”

Naturally the complainants seized upon Wallington’s extra-judicial swipes and went to the media claiming the case had been dismissed “on a technicality”.