Lol, that's so wrong - you're incorrect about everything. To start with, why are you bringing up another case when in your original post you are referencing Ben Oxenbould? That situation with the seven year old had nothing to do with the Ben Oxenbould situation so I don't know why you're explaining the ins and outs of another situation as if I had referenced that particular one in my reply. I had not. Because you hadn't brought it up.
You are totally incorrect when you state that molestation isn't rape. It most certainly is. Rape can take many forms, as can molestation but they are one and the same. Check with the police, thanks. You're wrong that Ben Oxenbould wouldn't have had support from front office had he revealed what had happened. When someone goes public with molestation accusations against a public figure, inevitably other 'victims' come out of the woodwork. It would have been a snowball effect and the producers and the network heads would have had no choice, with the inevitable negative publicity, to follow suit and fire Hughes to save face and save the studio. Most likely other cast members would have been compelled (or forced) to speak up in support of Oxenbould to save face and save their names. In fact, it all started with Oxenbould. He could have not only saved Sarah, the other victims and future victims, he could have revolutionized the industry and put child molesters in the entertainment business on guard. But he did nothing.
Are you saying Hughes wouldn't have suffered if he'd been outed as a pedophile and Oxenbould would have because he was 'a whistleblower'? Rubbish. He would have been seen as a hero and even if Hughes hadn't been charged, mud sticks and his career would have deservedly ended.
Sarah Monaghan left the show many episodes before the end of the series so her parents can't have been that desperate for her salary. They replaced her with another child. If this scandal had gone public she would have been lauded publicly, a crusader of children's rights. It might have gotten her into politics. She might have won 'Australian Of The Year.' It almost certainly would have led to another series or more work as with the public goodwill and support behind her, the businessmen who run the networks would have seen her as box office gold. But her time in the entertainment business really ended with the show. So she couldn't have been worse off for speaking out at the time and she could possibly have become an important public figure which she didn't by keeping quiet. Where's the money to support her family now? Her only 'show-biz' payments of recent years have been earned by ACA interviews and magazine spreads which casts doubt on her revelations since she profited from them. Infact all the cast were paid for outing Hughes, including Ben Oxenbould, which may be the motivation for his publicly exposing of another cast member.
To sum up: it would have only helped Sarah and her family to reveal the truth when it happened. She also would have been paid handsomely for interviews, even if the actual details of the case couldn't be discussed (because of her age). She'd have been Australia's Sweetheart - Nicki Webster with a cross.
Lol, Ben Oxenbould's career was long over way before he outed Robert Hughes as a pedophile. It had no effect on his career because he didn't have one. Check his wikipedia page - not a very impressive resume of work, to be honest. He came out with the truth because he had nothing to lose. He didn't gain anything because he is not a remarkable entertainer. Why would he be hired in anything regardless of what he said or says? He peaked on 'Hey Dad' and concealed what happened at the time because he had nothing else. And in retrospect, never would. That applies for the rest of the 'Hey Dad' cast. Actor's don't retire from the business, the business retires actors. Naturally if they can't get acting work, they 'pursue other interests.' It's a stock-in-trade line for actors who are unemployable. Considering what the cast knew, some from first hand knowledge, they deserved the professional lives they got, which was not exactly prestigious in the slightest.
