Vanessa Scammell

C1, July 10, 2017.

A woman speaking her truth has become a celebrated part of the Hashtag Me Too project.

Great virtue and power can come from a person speaking their truth.

But there are limits and dangers when speaking one's truth diverges from speaking the truth.

And more particularly, when that divergence leads to innocent people being hurt.

Janet Albukson, July 13, 2024.

He is said to have become aggressive to cast members during the performance.

said that he was supposed to stroke her face lovingly as he sang his goodbye.

Instead, he grabbed me by the jaw and wrenched her face to one side.

And as they were taking their bow, he recalled her terror as he glared angrily at her and clapped his hands in my face.

January the 8th, 2018, Kate McClymont.

Hello, my name is Vanessa Scammell, and welcome back to Episode 8, where I will continue with the final charge laid against Craig McLaughlin in relation to his Rocky Horror Show castmate, C-1.

When criminal charges are laid and you find out that the charges relate to a person who had been a close friend to us both, the shock and disbelief is like nothing I can describe.

Everything you believe, everything you see in people changes.

For how and whom can you trust if not the important people who are featured and present in your life?

As mentioned, this accuser, C1, maintained a strong friendship with Craig McLachlan for almost four years after the Rocky Horror Show of 2014, until she shockingly aired allegations to the press before going to the police.

When she reached out to her Rocky Horror Show colleagues in the months before the allegations were published, C2 and C3 told her that they had filed complaints with the police.

In those early moments, C1 is quoted as saying that...

In fact, on the 17th of September 2018, just months before charges against Craig were laid, she decided to withdraw her complaint to the police, saying she had only made the statement because she was being sued for defamation and that she had decided to withdraw because there had been no progress made by the Victorian Police.

Funny how after this threat to withdraw her statement, the police suddenly went into high action.