The colleague said he was assigned to chase down paedophile Robert Hughes in Singapore after Peter Stefanovic landed an interview with one of his victims, Sarah Monahan, who was a child at the time she appeared alongside Hughes in the 1980s sitcom Hey Dad!.Ĭolleagues remembered him as a reporter who would 'get the job done and didn't have a massive private life'. Even the chicks there are really blokey,' the source said. 'His arrest came as a real shock because we thought there were no surprises about Ben - he was open about being gay even though Nine is not exactly the most gay-friendly place to work. One of McCormack's colleagues said staff were left shocked when he was charged on Thursday. Speaking of the accusations made against the Channel Nine veteran reporter, they added: 'The whole thing has shocked me. The source, who said they have not spoken to McCormack for 15 years, said none of the actors or crew were paid for working on the film. 'It was confronting but it wasn't strange because I knew that Ben was gay,' the source said. One of the film's crew told Daily Mail Australia that the film was 'highly successful' and was shown at film festivals around the world.
Ben McCormack was sensationally charged with using a carriage service for child pornography material on Thursday
