She said she felt uncomfortable when the Sunday Mirror offered payment for her story, which "didn't feel right". But she changed her mind when they declined her request to remain anonymous. Ms Downs said she contacted two newspapers, The Daily Mail in Australia and Sunday Mirror in the UK to tell her story. "I sat bolt upright in bed and I said, 'I bet you that's Craig McLachlan. Ms Downs said she and her husband were listening to the radio one evening when the announcer said an Australian soap star was facing sexual harassment allegations. Three actresses told the ABC he indecently touched and sexually harassed them on and off stage. In January 2018, the ABC and Fairfax Media (now Nine newspapers) published a joint investigation into claims that Mr McLachlan sexually harassed his female co-stars during the 2014 stage production of the Rocky Horror Show. Jeanne now lives in Los Angeles with her family. The ABC has spoken to these three people and verified that Ms Downs disclosed the alleged incident to them. Ms Downs said she told her husband soon after they met in 1992, an acting friend in 2011 and another friend in 2017, just after the Harvey Weinstein story broke. What are they going to say? 'Who cares? He's groped you, he's touched your bottom.'" "Over the years, I have mentioned it to a few people but at the time I thought best keep my mouth shut. "I was frightened to complain, I'd been in the job a short while and I just didn't want to blow anything," she said. And she did not complain to Children's ITV because she felt he was a much bigger star than her and she was concerned it might end her career. Ms Downs said she did not say anything to Mr McLachlan because he left the studio as soon as the show was over and she was in shock. "What I find unfathomable is that he was such a big star at the time … So why behave like that, not only putting your whole career in the balance but doing something that was fundamentally wrong, inappropriate and unacceptable?" Do you know more?Ĭontact Lorna Knowles on the Signal app +61 400 941 469 or on ProtonMail use this form to get in contact with the ABC Investigations team, or if you require more secure communication, please choose an option on the confidential tips page. "It was a moment in my life I will never forget and to this day I feel sick when I replay it in my mind.
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Craig McLachlan went off, back to his celebrity status, adoring public and further rounds of TV appearances," she said. "I just wanted to never see his face again. Jeanne Downs appeared alongside a puppet dog called Scally when hosting the Children's ITV afternoon program. Craig didn't flinch and just carried on as normal, as though nothing had happened.
"I turned to him, still speaking, and I feel sure I had a weird, puzzled look, being pretty stunned at what just happened. "It was totally out of the blue and I was so shocked and stunned. "It was only for a second or two and I almost let out a shriek, but I was on live TV and could not do or say anything - this is children's TV and I had millions of little kids watching me. The strong action of his hand under my bottom was very much felt intimately. I was wearing black leggings which were made of fairly thin material. "Suddenly, Craig forced his hand right under my bottom and pushed hard into my private middle area.
"Part way through the show, we were all in mid-conversation live on air," Ms Downs said. The pair were live on air for about two hours, with segments before and after each of the scheduled programs.įootage shows Mr McLachlan and Ms Downs were seated closely next to each other, to fit into a single camera shot. Ms Downs, then 23, had been in what she has described as her "dream job" for about a year. In May 1990, Mr McLachlan was a guest on her show, which was watched by millions of children across Britain.Īt the time, 24-year-old Mr McLachlan had starred in Australian soap operas Neighbours and Home and Away and had a hit single Mona with his band Check 1-2. Ms Downs presented television shows live every weekday afternoon with her sidekick Scally the puppet dog.
Jeanne Downs was the face of Children's ITV, a British free-to-air children's television channel later known as CITV, between 19. Mr McLachlan says the claim is "false, uncorroborated and never the subject of a complaint".
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