But unfortunately California conveniently enough has a statute of limitations that prevents that from happening.
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?” I have to deal with that, which is not pleasant, especially given the fact that I would love to name names. What level were these people? Were they studio heads, were they low-rent producers?
Let’s just say it this way: I know every single person that interfered with his life and he knew every person that interfered with mine. So were the same men preying on both of you? You met going up for the same parts and quickly became best friends. As I look at my son, a sweet, innocent, 11-year-old boy and then try to put him in Corey Haim’s shoes, I go, “Oh my God - well of course he was erratic and not well-behaved on sets and things like that.” What more could we expect of him really? Everybody deals with things differently.Įlijah Wood Denies Personal Knowledge of Child Sex Abuse in Hollywood (Exclusive) My son is 11 now, and I can’t even begin to fathom the idea of something like that happening to him. With me, there were some molestations, and it did come from several hands, so to speak, but with Corey, his was direct rape, whereas mine was not actual rape. We know that Corey Haim obviously had a very tragic end, and it sounds like he had a lot harder time with child predators as he became a star. But I had to go through a lot of therapy and group therapy and rehabilitation and all sorts of things to be put on this ground that I’m on now.Ī lot of this played out on your show, The Two Coreys. I have a great child and I have a great girlfriend, a nice house, a nice car and a good career. I enjoy my life, I’m very grateful for it, and I’m grateful for the elements around my life. Your time as a child actor was a very damaging period, and those kinds of traumas stick with you for your entire life. Speaking exclusively to The Hollywood Reporter, Feldman, 44, opens up about missing Haim, addresses the “dark side” of pal Michael Jackson that led to their estrangement, and warns of the “growing, not shrinking” dangers of internet-era child predators in Hollywood, a place “where adults have more direct and inappropriate connection with children than probably anywhere else in the world.”