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In March 2010, Sarah Monahan, who had played Hughes's daughter Jenny in ''Hey Dad!'', gave an interview to ''Woman's Day'' magazine alleging that an unnamed cast member had molested her and exposed himself to her on the set of ''Hey Dad!''. She later gave another interview to ''A Current Affair'' in which she named Hughes as her abuser. Two other cast members supported these accusations: Simone Buchanan, who Monahan had confided in at the time, and Ben Oxenbould, who had seen Hughes inappropriately touching another young girl on the set. Both of them had complained at the time but had been told to keep quiet.

When asked, executive producer Gary Reilly denied ignoring claims of sexual assault, alleging that he had had "stand-up rows" with Hughes ~~abut~~ his behaviour and forced him to leave the show over it. Several other women also came forward and accused Hughes of assaulting them or exposing himself to them when they were children, including Hughes's niece. Hughes was confronted by ''A Current Affair'' journalist [[Ben McCormack]] (who would himself later be arrested with [[Child Pornography|child pornography]]) in Singapore, where he was living at the time, and denied the allegations, claiming he was preparing a [[defamation]] lawsuit against Sarah Monahan. This lawsuit never came to pass.

When asked, executive producer Gary Reilly denied ignoring claims of sexual assault, alleging that he had had "stand-up rows" with Hughes about his behaviour and forced him to leave the show over it. Several other women also came forward and accused Hughes of assaulting them or exposing himself to them when they were children, including Hughes's niece. Hughes was confronted by ''A Current Affair'' journalist [[Ben McCormack]] (who would himself later be arrested with [[Child Pornography|child pornography]]) in Singapore, where he was living at the time, and denied the allegations, claiming he was preparing a [[defamation]] lawsuit against Sarah Monahan. This lawsuit never came to pass.

===Arrest and conviction===

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 In March 2010, Sarah Monahan, who had played Hughes's daughter Jenny in ''Hey Dad!'', gave an interview to ''Woman's Day'' magazine alleging that an unnamed cast member had molested her and exposed himself to her on the set of ''Hey Dad!''. She later gave another interview to ''A Current Affair'' in which she named Hughes as her abuser. Two other cast members supported these accusations: Simone Buchanan, who Monahan had confided in at the time, and Ben Oxenbould, who had seen Hughes inappropriately touching another young girl on the set. Both of them had complained at the time but had been told to keep quiet.
-When asked, executive producer Gary Reilly denied ignoring claims of sexual assault, alleging that he had had "stand-up rows" with Hughes abut his behaviour and forced him to leave the show over it. Several other women also came forward and accused Hughes of assaulting them or exposing himself to them when they were children, including Hughes's niece. Hughes was confronted by ''A Current Affair'' journalist [[Ben McCormack]] (who would himself later be arrested with [[Child Pornography|child pornography]]) in Singapore, where he was living at the time, and denied the allegations, claiming he was preparing a [[defamation]] lawsuit against Sarah Monahan. This lawsuit never came to pass.
+When asked, executive producer Gary Reilly denied ignoring claims of sexual assault, alleging that he had had "stand-up rows" with Hughes about his behaviour and forced him to leave the show over it. Several other women also came forward and accused Hughes of assaulting them or exposing himself to them when they were children, including Hughes's niece. Hughes was confronted by ''A Current Affair'' journalist [[Ben McCormack]] (who would himself later be arrested with [[Child Pornography|child pornography]]) in Singapore, where he was living at the time, and denied the allegations, claiming he was preparing a [[defamation]] lawsuit against Sarah Monahan. This lawsuit never came to pass.
 ===Arrest and conviction===