Corey Feldman accuses Hollywood of ignoring paedo problem and demands justice for ‘victims like me’ in wake of Michael Jackson documentary
Feldman, 47, insists the film industry has still not addressed the alleged abuse of child actors
COREY Feldman has accused Hollywood of ignoring its paedophile problem in the wake of the explosive Michael Jackson documentary.
Feldman, 47, known for his roles in movies such as The Goonies and Stand By Me, said the film industry had made amends for its treatment of women but has still not addressed the alleged abuse of kids.
In an article of , he called for an end to statute of limitations in many US states which makes it impossible to prosecute historic sex abuse cases.
The actor, who announced his role as the ambassador for charity Child USA, said he is now demanding justice for children who have been abused.
He wrote: “What has happened to children in my industry was by and large ignored and, at this point, it’s been all but brushed under the rug.
“Hollywood seems much more ready to accept responsibility for what it's done to women than they are willing to face that there is still a deep-seated virus within this industry — and, most unfortunately, it’s not an industry-exclusive disease, but also effects other parts of our culture.”
I was raped of my innocence
He went on to repeat the claims that he and his Lost Boys co-star Corey Haim were “raped” as youngsters.
Feldman said: “I was raped of my innocence — as was Corey Haim. That's not okay; that's not acceptable.
“For me, the only real justice is to — hopefully — one day see those guys that did this stuff to us face the consequences that they deserve,' he wrote.”
Last year, Feldman publicly claimed that he was been repeatedly abused by industry insiders and launched a crowdfunding campaign to finance a $10m documentary about his experiences.
JACKO CLAIMS
The actor says he has spent the last year working on the doc titled Truth: The Rape of Two Coreys which he has reportedly been shopping at the Sundance Film Festival.
The Utah festival has been buzzing since the screening of two-part doc Leaving Neverland which features fresh child abuse allegations against Feldman's former friend Michael Jackson.
While Corey claims Jacko never abused him, he did tell Martin Bashir that the superstar singer had showed him pictures of naked men and women he was just 13 or 14.
During Jackson's 2005 molestation trial, Bashir asked if the Thriller star had ever acted inappropriately towards him, to which Corey said: "If you consider it inappropriate for a man to look at a book of naked pictures with a child that's 13 or 14 years old - then your answer would be yes.
"We went to his apartment, and I noticed a book that he had out on his coffee table.
“The book contained pictures of grown men and women naked. And the book was focused on venereal diseases and the genitalia."
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“I was kind of grossed out by it. I didn't think of it as a big deal.
“And for all these years, I probably never thought twice about it - but in light of recent evidence, I have to say that if my son was 14 years old - 13 years old, and went to a man's apartment that was 35, and I knew that they were sitting down together talking about this, I would probably beat his ass."
Michael Jackson strongly denied all allegations of sexual abuse made against him.
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