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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   
      
        
      
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