Vanessa Scammell

Was the kiss unscripted?

The stage manager, an extremely experienced and professional woman, gave evidence in court that the Columbia character and Craig kissed on stage in this moment.

She explained that in rehearsals... If the director likes any changes to the script or blocking, it becomes set and is part of the show.

This kissing became part of the Columbia role.

It was part of the show.

So with this sort of evidence, why were charges laid?

Why wasn't C2 more thoroughly investigated?

Why weren't these witness statements from other members of the Rocky Horror Show Company explored further?

Was it because Me Too had taken over?

That all women were to be believed?

Or was it that if the Crown hadn't laid charges, the press would have gone to town over an inactive and unwilling Victorian police force?

Now let's go to Craig's headline evidence.

What became apparent during this criminal hearing is that a vast majority of the police witnesses, witnesses the prosecution were relying on to prove the allegations, in fact gave evidence that ended up assisting Craig's case.

The UK director, who returned to Australia and saw the show in Adelaide, saw nothing that had crept into the production that he wanted to change or remove.

There was nothing in the show that he didn't accept.

In fact, he was delighted with it.

The kiss was being performed in this city.

Not one cast member, all of whom were on stage in this scene, all directed to be staring at Frank the entire time, saw a kiss that was out of the ordinary, let alone an assault.

Not a single cast, crew, management from the Rocky Horror Show gave evidence of seeing C2 crying after a kiss on stage.

In court, another witness gave her determined chief evidence that she had seen Craig kiss C2 on the lips in the going home scene, but it turns out she didn't.