Posted on 08/15/2011 8:07:48 AM PDT by marshmallow
According to former child star Corey Feldman, child molestation is rampant in the entertainment industry, as he told Nightline in an interview.
"The No. 1 problem in Hollywood was and is and always will be pedophilia," he said Wednesday. According to Feldman, the “casting couch” exists for children, too.
Feldman asserts that directors and other adults in the industry take advantage of young aspiring actors on a regular basis. “It's all done under the radar... But it's the big secret,” the 40-year-old said.
Feldman also claimed that former co-star Corey Haim's death last year was the end result of sexual abuse by an unnamed "Hollywood mogul." Feldman said that his friend’s substance addiction was "a symptom” of the molestation he experienced.
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C'mon you big brave perverts. Show some pedophilia pride.
Joel Schumacher, guarantee it.
He is the one who directed St. Elmo’s Fire, The Lost Boys, etc... where all the purdy boys starred. And is openly gay.
Good for him for bringing evil into the light.
Louis Malle = Pretty Baby
Martin Scorcese = Taxi Driver
Adrian Lyne = Lolita
Roman Polanski = Needs no explanation
Victor Salva = Same as above
Those are all FEMALE role directors. Feldman is talking about male pedophilia. Either is horrific though.
That is correct, except for Salva, who molested a boy.
Taxi Driver and Lolita? Really?
The idea of 12-14 year old girl actresses playing prostitutes/sexual objects is more than a little disturbing to me.
You conflated the creators of fiction about a pathology to actual perpetrators of that pathology. That’s what’s disturbing. Not to mention the fact that both Taxi Driver and Lolita (the novel anyway) are revered American classics. Jodi Foster was doubled by her older sister in the more suggestive stuff in TD.
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