Award-winning actor Craig McLachlan will face a three-week hearing to fight indecent assault charges in Melbourne.
"What's alleged is denied," McLachlan's lawyer Damian Sheales told Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday.More than a dozen witnesses are expected to give evidence at a contested hearing in November. Prosecutor Mark Gibson SC said some witnesses would be from overseas and remote facilities would need to be arranged.McLachlan's alleged offending, which is believed to stem from allegations raised by acting colleagues, occurred between late April and mid-July in 2014 in Melbourne, court documents show.Around that time, McLachlan was starring in the Rocky Horror Show stage production in Melbourne, playing Dr Frank-N-Furter.
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