Show Notes
In this episode, Vanessa asks a confronting question: just how much can due process and an acquittal — being found not guilty — be affected by the pressures and trends of social and cultural movements in our society? How far have these movements, and the trending hashtags associated with them, infiltrated the bastions of the law? This episode focuses on the complainant known as C2 and the charges laid against Craig McLachlan in relation to her evidence. Vanessa takes listeners through allegations involving a “hug” and an “onstage kiss,” and examines courtroom commentary from the Magistrate that raises serious and troubling questions about how such matters are assessed.
Watch the accompanying Unfiltered interview with Craig McLachlan and Michael Cain: https://youtu.be/kLH12d7p8gE?si=D2EIic7wEP5UVmW8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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“Those doors would open every night revealing Frank N Furter and the audience would go nuts, and I just had to remind myself that the audience is going nuts for Frank N Furter they’re not going nuts for Craig McLachlan.” — C2