That poor girl has really had a tough time after the Olympics. Hope she can find herself.
I was thinking about Amanda Peterson yesterday, the actress from Can’t By Me Love. She came from a great family, was a beautiful smart girl, and her family said she was abused as a minor in Hollywood. She essentially killed herself with a drug overdose a few years ago after a VERY rough adulthood.
I know some will say where were the parents. Maybe that’s fair but I’ve seen the Petersons interviewed. Dad is a doctor. Amanda’s brother is a pastor. It just all went wrong. It’s sad.
So sad to read of her decline and ultimate suicide. I think there is a long string of similar suicides — River Phoenix, Erin Moran, Corey Haim, others? How many murders have there been? From the Black Dahlia to Phil Spector murdering Lana Clarkson.
You look at how many Hollywood types are completely screwed up emotionally and psychologically and I bet most of it is a result of psychological/sexual trauma at a young age. Boys, girls, it doesn’t matter. Sure, where are the parents, but where is law enforcement?