Craig McLachlan denies lying about ‘air kissing’ colleagues in Rocky Horror Show, court hears

Actor says he jokingly' kissed Christie Whelan Browne on hips once while out of sight of audience, his defamation trial hears

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Actor Craig McLachlan has been accused of deliberately lying about giving air" kisses to female colleagues while under bedsheets, out of sight of the audience, during a scene in the Rocky Horror Show.

In the New South Wales supreme court on Thursday, McLachlan, 56, was asked about seemingly conflicting accounts of whether he continued to kiss the body of whichever actor was playing the character of Janet after he had disappeared under the bedsheets.

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