{"id":29840,"date":"2017-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/hey-dad-victim-shocked-by-reporter-s-child-porn-charge\/"},"modified":"2017-04-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T00:00:00","slug":"hey-dad-victim-shocked-by-reporter-s-child-porn-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/hey-dad-victim-shocked-by-reporter-s-child-porn-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hey Dad!\u2019 victim shocked by reporter\u2019s child porn charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Entertainment reporter Peter Ford says former \u2018Hey Dad!\u2019 star Sarah Monahan was stunned by ACA journalist Ben McCormack\u2019s arrest on child porn charges.<\/h3>\n<p>McCormack famously tracked down \u2018Hey Dad!\u2019 actor Robert Hughes in Singapore before the TV star was jailed for sex assaults on children, including Sarah.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/david-and-will\/id1167323375?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>David and Will podcast on iTunes here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBen McCormack himself &#8212; he was relentless in his pursuit of Robert Hughes,\u201d Peter told David and Will on FIVEAA breakfast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe\u2019s followed that story for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just hung up from talking to Sarah Monahan who really believed that certainly A Current Affair and Ben McCormack were like her champions because they took on that story and they worked with her to get the justice that she wanted to see done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe doesn\u2019t want to release a statement, but she said to me she\u2019s so shocked and she wants to see it play out before she makes any comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McCormack was released from police custody on strict bail conditions on Thursday and will appear in court on 1 May.<\/p>\n<p>He has been suspended by Nine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/david-and-will\/id1167323375?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>David and Will podcast on iTunes here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/adelaide-crows-shut-down-pay-cut-claims\"><strong>ADELAIDE CROWS SHUT DOWN EXPLOSIVE MEDIA REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/eddie-betts-says-this-was-the-moment-he-lost-his-cool\"><strong>EDDIE BETTS SAYS THIS WAS THE MOMENT HE LOST HIS COOL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment reporter Peter Ford says former \u2018Hey Dad!\u2019 star Sarah Monahan was stunned by ACA journalist Ben McCormack\u2019s arrest on child porn charges. McCormack famously tracked down \u2018Hey Dad!\u2019 actor Robert Hughes in Singapore before the TV star was jailed for sex assaults on children, including Sarah. David and Will podcast on iTunes here. \u201cBen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-29840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-and-will","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Hey Dad!\u2019 victim shocked by reporter\u2019s child porn charge - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/hey-dad-victim-shocked-by-reporter-s-child-porn-charge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Hey Dad!\u2019 victim shocked by reporter\u2019s child porn charge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Entertainment reporter Peter Ford says former \u2018Hey Dad!\u2019 star Sarah Monahan was stunned by ACA journalist Ben McCormack\u2019s arrest on child porn charges. 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