Well, in looking over his Wikipedia page, I immediately negated his “my parents molested me” story. I’m old enough to remember when he was on tv talk shows in the late 60s when his movie “Electra Glide in Blue,” was the talk of the town. He was slated to be a star but his mouthiness and crudeness short-circulated his career; it wasn’t an act that generated much sympathy or interest. I guess eventually, after firing people and behaving so badly on “Baretta,” that people threw him out of the business. He continued to attend the West Coast Actor’s Studio but his career was basically over. He once complimented a friend of mine in acting class and that made me like him. As I said, I’m sure he’s not genius and like most not-very-bright people, he acts impulsively which gets him into heep-big-trouble. (He also pretended to be of Indian origin in the 60s until it was proven he was just another guinea).
He was working in the business from the age of at least six, so chances were that he was at least partially supporting his family. I wouldn’t be surprised if his family and others molested him.