Actor Claims Pedophilia Is Hollywood’s Big Secret (620 hits)
August 25, 2011 Actor Corey Feldman recently went out on a limb to talk about something nobody wants to talk about in Hollywood: s*xual abuse of children and child actors – otherwise known as pedophilia. See the interviews on ABC News Primetime Nightline’s ‘Underage and Famous’ series. In ABC’s specific interview with Feldman, the actor makes some disturbing claims:
… being famous and underage, he said, caused serious damage to him and his friends, including loss of innocence and a lost childhood. “I can tell you that the No. 1 problem in Hollywood was and is and always will be pedophilia. That’s the biggest problem for children in this industry. … It’s the big secret,” Feldman said.
“I was surrounded by [pedophiles] when I was 14 years old. … Didn’t even know it. It wasn’t until I was old enough to realize what they were and what they wanted … They were everywhere,” Feldman, 40, said.
The trauma of pedophilia contributed to the 2010 death of his closest friend and “The Lost Boys” co-star, Corey Haim, Feldman said.
“There’s one person to blame in the death of Corey Haim. And that person happens to be a Hollywood mogul. And that person needs to be exposed, but, unfortunately, I can’t be the one to do it,” Feldman said, adding that he, too, had been s*xually abused by men in show business. …
… Feldman Says He’d Never Want Stardom for His Son … “Child stars have nothing,” he said. “They have no choice. … I was never taught how to have a family. I was never taught how to raise a child, because I wasn’t raised properly. I was never taught how to care for somebody, because I was never shown genuine love.”
Watch the full story on “Primetime Nightline: Celebrity Secrets” special “Underage and Famous,” aired on ABC’s Nightline.
Now, we wait to see if Hollywood’s response is anything more than indifferent silence.
