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Liberal woman admits to lie at trial of former Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes
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F. Reed
Mar 24, 2014, 5:05:03 PM3/24/14
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One of the women who was allegedly abused by Hey Dad! star
Robert Hughes has admitted that she lied while giving evidence
during his trial on child sex charges, and that she previously
ran a ''media campaign'' against him.
The revelations came during the 12th day of the 65-year-old
actor's trial on 11 charges, in which one of Mr Hughes' former
co-stars, Simone Buchanan, also began giving evidence.
On Tuesday, a woman who also worked on Hey Dad! but cannot be
named, told the court that Mr Hughes had exposed himself to her
backstage on the show on one occasion and groped her in his
dressing room on another occasion.
However, when asked during cross-examination on Wednesday
whether she had gone onto a social networking site under a fake
name during the police investigation and made allegations
against Mr Hughes, the woman claimed, falsely, that she had not.
After a break in proceedings the woman returned to the witness
box in tears and admitted this part of her evidence was a lie.
''You understood the question and you lied,'' Mr Hughes' lawyer,
Greg Walsh, said. ''Yes,'' she said.
''You were trying to mislead me and the court,'' he continued.
''Yes, this whole case has been four years coming, there was so
much pressure to make sure everything went well with this case
and I was just terrified,'' she said.
The court heard that the woman had logged onto the website
Whirlpool under her dog's name and disseminated her personal
views about Mr Hughes during the ongoing police investigation in
which she was a key witness.
''This was part of your deliberate strategy to bring pressure to
bear on police to charge Mr Hughes,'' Mr Walsh asked the woman.
''I wouldn't say it was a strategy but, yes, I wanted him
charged''.
Mr Walsh accused her of ''running a media campaign'' against Mr
Hughes. ''At this point, yes, I really did want him arrested for
what he did to me,'' she said.
Earlier the court heard that while the police investigation into
Mr Hughes was taking place in 2011, the woman was giving
information to a journalist from The Sunday Telegraph. Some of
this information allegedly came from a police officer involved
in the investigation.
The woman said she had told the Sunday Telegraph journalist the
name of the school that one of Mr Hughes' other alleged victims
had gone to, and the name of the school that another young woman
connected to the case had attended. The court heard that she
also helped the journalist get in touch with another of the
alleged victims.
Towards the end of the day's proceedings, Mr Hughes' former co-
star Simone Buchanan began giving evidence.
She recalled being told about the allegation that Mr Hughes had
exposed himself backstage to someone who worked on the show.
The trial continues.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/woman-admits-to-lie-at-trial-of-former-
hey-dad-star-robert-hughes-20140312-34mpe.html
Robert Hughes has admitted that she lied while giving evidence
during his trial on child sex charges, and that she previously
ran a ''media campaign'' against him.
The revelations came during the 12th day of the 65-year-old
actor's trial on 11 charges, in which one of Mr Hughes' former
co-stars, Simone Buchanan, also began giving evidence.
On Tuesday, a woman who also worked on Hey Dad! but cannot be
named, told the court that Mr Hughes had exposed himself to her
backstage on the show on one occasion and groped her in his
dressing room on another occasion.
However, when asked during cross-examination on Wednesday
whether she had gone onto a social networking site under a fake
name during the police investigation and made allegations
against Mr Hughes, the woman claimed, falsely, that she had not.
After a break in proceedings the woman returned to the witness
box in tears and admitted this part of her evidence was a lie.
''You understood the question and you lied,'' Mr Hughes' lawyer,
Greg Walsh, said. ''Yes,'' she said.
''You were trying to mislead me and the court,'' he continued.
''Yes, this whole case has been four years coming, there was so
much pressure to make sure everything went well with this case
and I was just terrified,'' she said.
The court heard that the woman had logged onto the website
Whirlpool under her dog's name and disseminated her personal
views about Mr Hughes during the ongoing police investigation in
which she was a key witness.
''This was part of your deliberate strategy to bring pressure to
bear on police to charge Mr Hughes,'' Mr Walsh asked the woman.
''I wouldn't say it was a strategy but, yes, I wanted him
charged''.
Mr Walsh accused her of ''running a media campaign'' against Mr
Hughes. ''At this point, yes, I really did want him arrested for
what he did to me,'' she said.
Earlier the court heard that while the police investigation into
Mr Hughes was taking place in 2011, the woman was giving
information to a journalist from The Sunday Telegraph. Some of
this information allegedly came from a police officer involved
in the investigation.
The woman said she had told the Sunday Telegraph journalist the
name of the school that one of Mr Hughes' other alleged victims
had gone to, and the name of the school that another young woman
connected to the case had attended. The court heard that she
also helped the journalist get in touch with another of the
alleged victims.
Towards the end of the day's proceedings, Mr Hughes' former co-
star Simone Buchanan began giving evidence.
She recalled being told about the allegation that Mr Hughes had
exposed himself backstage to someone who worked on the show.
The trial continues.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/woman-admits-to-lie-at-trial-of-former-
hey-dad-star-robert-hughes-20140312-34mpe.html
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