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Actor Corey Feldman has opened up about the reported culture of paedophilia in Hollywood.
Feldman, the star of 80’s hit films including The Goonies and The Lost Boys, spoke to Hollywood Reporter about his late best friend Corey Haim’s rape by a producer at age 11.
“With me, there were some molestations and it did come from several hands, so to speak, but with Corey [Haim], his was direct rape, whereas mine was not actual rape,” the 44-year-old said.
“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,” he told the magazine.
“This person uses intimidation and threats as a way to keep people quiet. And all these men were all friends.”
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“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,’” he continued.
Feldman went on to say that while he doesn’t want to identify his abusers, one of them was an employee of his father’s and “he’s still prominently in the business today.”
“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,” he said.
“If somebody came forward with a suit against one of these people [who molested me], I would certainly be more than happy to back them up. But that hasn’t happened.”
His comments come after fellow actor Elijah Wood recently said in an interview that paedophilia is Hollywood’s ‘evil secret’.
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