Former child actor Elijah Wood bravely spoke out about organized groups of child molesters in the Hollywood film industry — but the most famous victim of the silver-screen sickos is still afraid to name his former tormenters. Corey Feldman made the troubling admission in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, as he also declared that children in the industry are being exploited “more now than ever!”
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Former child actor
Elijah Wood bravely spoke out about
organized groups of child molesters in the Hollywood film industry — but the most famous victim of the silver-screen sickos is still afraid to name his former tormenters.
Corey Feldman made the troubling admission in an interview with
The Hollywood Reporter, as he also declared that children in the industry are being exploited "more now than ever!"
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Corey insisted in the interview that the statute of limitations has run out on the sexual abuse that he suffered in the '90s — saying: "I'm not able to name names.People are frustrated, people are angry, they want to know how is this happening and they want answers — and they turn to me and they say, "Why don't you be a man and stand up and name names and stop hiding and being a coward?" ... If I were to go and mention anybody's name I would be the one that would be in legal problems, and I'm the one that would be sued!"
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The National ENQUIRER first revealed in 2013 that Corey and his close friend
Corey Haim (pictured) were both preyed on by pedophiles — with Corey Feldman recounting how his fellow child actor had been seduced on the set of the 1986 family film "Lucas." As recounted by Cory, Haim told him “an adult male convinced him that it was perfectly normal for older men and younger boys in the business to have sexual relations, that it was what all the guys do. So they walked off to a secluded area between two trailers … and Haim allowed himself to be sodomized.”
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In the new interview, Corey brought up the extent that pedophiles exploit their power over Hollywood: "I believe that Haim's rapist was probably connected to something bigger, and that is probably how he has remained protected for all these years. This person uses intimidation and threats as a way to keep people quiet. And all these men were all friends. Ask anybody in our group of kids at that time: They were passing us back and forth to each other. [Alison Arngrim] from 'Little House on the Prairie' said [in an interview], "Everybody knew that the two Coreys were just being passed around." Like it was something people joked about on studio lots!"
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Corey even revealed that Haim — who would later die
at the age of 38 after a life spent abusing drugs — later even propositioned him, with Corey responding that kind of behavior was “not what kids do, man.”
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Corey also revealed to The ENQUIRER that his father had hired a personal assistant for the young star who soon became a horrific sexual predator. Calling the man “Ron,” Corey recalled how the "assistant" performed sexual acts on the “petrified” and “revolted” youth — adding: "Over a period of many years, I would begin to realize that many of the people I had surrounded myself with were monsters.”
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The actor also said that the internet had only made it easier for pervy Hollywood powerbrokers to take advantage of children."It's more now than ever," warned Corey, "because nowadays you can use the internet to create fake profiles and fake accounts. They reach out to little kids on Twitter, they reach out to little kids on Facebook, and they say, "I'm a big producer and I can help you" ... It's a growing problem, not a shrinking problem!"
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But while Corey remains afraid to name names, the former child star was willing to let two famous directors off the hook in this new interview. Corey was asked about Joel Schumacher, who directed both Coreys (seen here with actor Jamison Newlander) in the '80s horror hit "The Lost Boys."
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"Joel was great," said Corey. "I mean, he was a high-tempered man, so he did tend to raise his voice a lot, which was a bit startling for me because I was around a lot of violence and anger and things like that as a kid. But he was never violent with us or anything like that ... If he had known there was something going on, I'm sure he would have stepped in and done whatever he could."
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The actor also has fond memories of making the '80s hit "The Goonies" with Hollywood powerhouse
Steven Spielberg. "He was certainly a legend, and a great man, and he was always very kind to me and we always had a great rapport," recalled Corey. "Even recently when I've seen him, he is still the same guy. He hasn’t changed. I love Steven."
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Corey also insisted that bizarre pop star
Michael Jackson wasn't one of his tormenters. "We had a falling out," said Corey, "and that was due to the fact that there was definitely a dark side to him — but that dark side in no way connected itself to pedophilia, by my estimation." Corey was also asked if he believed the King of Pop was ever inappropriate with other boys. "Not to my knowledge," said Corey.
Former child actor
Elijah Wood bravely spoke out about
organized groups of child molesters in the Hollywood film industry — but the most famous victim of the silver-screen sickos is still afraid to name his former tormenters.
Corey Feldman made the troubling admission in an interview with
The Hollywood Reporter, as he also declared that children in the industry are being exploited "more now than ever!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
Corey insisted in the interview that the statute of limitations has run out on the sexual abuse that he suffered in the '90s — saying: "I'm not able to name names.People are frustrated, people are angry, they want to know how is this happening and they want answers — and they turn to me and they say, "Why don't you be a man and stand up and name names and stop hiding and being a coward?" ... If I were to go and mention anybody's name I would be the one that would be in legal problems, and I'm the one that would be sued!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
The National ENQUIRER first revealed in 2013 that Corey and his close friend
Corey Haim (pictured) were both preyed on by pedophiles — with Corey Feldman recounting how his fellow child actor had been seduced on the set of the 1986 family film "Lucas." As recounted by Cory, Haim told him “an adult male convinced him that it was perfectly normal for older men and younger boys in the business to have sexual relations, that it was what all the guys do. So they walked off to a secluded area between two trailers … and Haim allowed himself to be sodomized.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
In the new interview, Corey brought up the extent that pedophiles exploit their power over Hollywood: "I believe that Haim's rapist was probably connected to something bigger, and that is probably how he has remained protected for all these years. This person uses intimidation and threats as a way to keep people quiet. And all these men were all friends. Ask anybody in our group of kids at that time: They were passing us back and forth to each other. [Alison Arngrim] from 'Little House on the Prairie' said [in an interview], "Everybody knew that the two Coreys were just being passed around." Like it was something people joked about on studio lots!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
Corey even revealed that Haim — who would later die
at the age of 38 after a life spent abusing drugs — later even propositioned him, with Corey responding that kind of behavior was “not what kids do, man.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Corey also revealed to The ENQUIRER that his father had hired a personal assistant for the young star who soon became a horrific sexual predator. Calling the man “Ron,” Corey recalled how the "assistant" performed sexual acts on the “petrified” and “revolted” youth — adding: "Over a period of many years, I would begin to realize that many of the people I had surrounded myself with were monsters.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
The actor also said that the internet had only made it easier for pervy Hollywood powerbrokers to take advantage of children."It's more now than ever," warned Corey, "because nowadays you can use the internet to create fake profiles and fake accounts. They reach out to little kids on Twitter, they reach out to little kids on Facebook, and they say, "I'm a big producer and I can help you" ... It's a growing problem, not a shrinking problem!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
But while Corey remains afraid to name names, the former child star was willing to let two famous directors off the hook in this new interview. Corey was asked about Joel Schumacher, who directed both Coreys (seen here with actor Jamison Newlander) in the '80s horror hit "The Lost Boys."
Photo credit: Getty Images
"Joel was great," said Corey. "I mean, he was a high-tempered man, so he did tend to raise his voice a lot, which was a bit startling for me because I was around a lot of violence and anger and things like that as a kid. But he was never violent with us or anything like that ... If he had known there was something going on, I'm sure he would have stepped in and done whatever he could."
The actor also has fond memories of making the '80s hit "The Goonies" with Hollywood powerhouse
Steven Spielberg. "He was certainly a legend, and a great man, and he was always very kind to me and we always had a great rapport," recalled Corey. "Even recently when I've seen him, he is still the same guy. He hasn’t changed. I love Steven."
Corey also insisted that bizarre pop star
Michael Jackson wasn't one of his tormenters. "We had a falling out," said Corey, "and that was due to the fact that there was definitely a dark side to him — but that dark side in no way connected itself to pedophilia, by my estimation." Corey was also asked if he believed the King of Pop was ever inappropriate with other boys. "Not to my knowledge," said Corey.
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