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   Child abuse runs rampant in Hollywood, according to former child   
   actor Elijah Wood, star of The Lord of the Rings, in a recent   
   interview in The Sunday Times. Wood said there’s a dark   
   underbelly of Hollywood, filled with “vipers” who only have   
   their own interests in mind: “If you can imagine it, it’s   
   probably happened.” He compared the situation to BBC’s DJ Jimmy   
   Savile, who is believed to have sexually abused at least 500   
   women, girls and boys over four decades.   
      
   Wood said that his mother protected him from abuse when he moved   
   to Hollywood, by keeping him away from the parties where a lot   
   of the abuse occurred. Others weren’t so lucky.   
      
   Wood’s claim is substantiated by another former child actor,   
   Corey Feldman, best known for his roles in ’80s classics like   
   Stand by Me and The Lost Boys. Feldman told a British paper that   
   he was “surrounded” by abusers at a young age and that older men   
   were “like vultures” preying on the young actors. He later   
   suffered from alcohol and drug abuse as well as mental health   
   problems, reports The Telegraph.   
      
   Getting Worse, Not Better   
   In an ABC News interview, Feldman says the problem of sexual   
   predators in Hollywood isn’t going away. “I can tell you that   
   the number one problem in Hollywood was and is and always will   
   be pedophilia,” said Feldman.   
      
   The “vultures” he described were “Hollywood moguls” who sexually   
   abused him and his friend, child actor Corey Haim, among others.   
   Feldman believes the abuse contributed to Haim’s death in 2010,   
   as Haim’s drug addiction was a method of coping with the sexual   
   abuse that occurred.   
      
   “There are people in this industry who have gotten away with it   
   for so long that they feel they’re above the law,” Feldman said.   
   “That’s gotta change. That’s gotta stop.”   
      
   “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.’ With social media, we have more access than ever   
   to everybody,” said Feldman. “It’s a growing problem, not a   
   shrinking problem.”   
      
   Feldman said that at least one of his molesters still works in   
   Hollywood — in a prominent position — although he won’t say who.   
   “I would love to name names,” he said. “I’d love to be the first   
   to do it. But unfortunately, in California, conveniently enough,   
   there is a statute of limitations that prevents that from   
   happening. Because 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.” Feldman added that all of the men who   
   passed the two Coreys back and forth were friends, and used   
   intimidation and threats to keep the boys silent about the abuse.   
      
   Anne Henry, one of the founders of BizParentz Foundation, a   
   group that supports child actors and their families, said that   
   all child actors have come into contact with a child molester at   
   one point in their career. “I do not think it is an exaggeration   
   to say that every child actor would have brushed shoulders with   
   a pedophile,” she told Fox News. “For us, the pedophilia issue   
   is not new at all and, sadly, is something we have had to   
   educate ourselves about since no one in the entertainment   
   industry was recognizing it.”   
      
   Bryan Singer and the Open Secret   
   The parties Wood referred to are well-known around Hollywood,   
   parties that allow “the young and impressionable to rub up   
   against Hollywood elite — including prominent writers, directors   
   and actors…” but which left damaged children in their wake.   
   These parties were apparently used by the “Hollywood elite” to   
   hand-pick young boys to abuse for their own sexual perversion.   
      
   Bryan Singer, X-Men director and one of the most powerful gay   
   men in Hollywood, is now involved in litigation for alleged sex   
   crimes against young men who attended his parties. According to   
   Gawker, Singer’s “henchmen” would scope out young boys at the   
   parties and bring them to Singer for sex. The young men, who   
   desired to break into the acting scene, believed that this was   
   their way to the top.   
      
   One young man who attended Singer’s parties recalled how he   
   asked another boy whether he was trying to sleep with someone at   
   the party. The young man responded, “Well, I’m trying to be an   
   actor and this is how it is.” When asked why he didn’t just go   
   to an audition, the boy replied, “Well there are 1,000 people   
   who go to an audition, but I can just get a director or a   
   producer’s phone number.”   
      
   Singer wasn’t alone in his alleged predatory acts. An Open   
   Secret, a documentary about “the alleged pedophilic ring of   
   convicted and accused molesters linked to lavish, drug-fueled   
   parties,” outs several Hollywood names, such as Singer’s   
   associates Marc Collins-Rector, Chad Shackman, former child   
   actor Brock Pierce (The Mighty Ducks), and Brian Peck. Peck is   
   an actor, dialogue coach and convicted sex offender who had a   
   cameo in Singer’s X-Men, reports The Daily Mail. Though he’s   
   barred from working directly with children, he is not prohibited   
   from working on shows featuring children.   
      
   Polanski: Convicted Pedophile, Hollywood Hero   
   Director Roman Polanski’s well-publicized sex abuse case   
   highlights the problem with pedophilia in Hollywood and the   
   difficulty law enforcement has in prosecuting the cases —   
   particularly when the offender is not an American citizen. In   
   1977, Polanski raped a 13-year-old girl he had plied with   
   champagne and drugs. Although he pled guilty and served 42 days   
   in a California jail, he fled to France before his final   
   sentencing. Far from being an outcast, Hollywood has embraced   
   Polanski, ignoring the attempts to press charges.   
      
   Since the sexual abuse of a minor occurred in 1977, Polanski has   
   made numerous movies and won an Academy Award for the 2003 film,   
   The Pianist. Directors Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Woody Allen   
   and many others signed a petition in 2009 calling for his   
   release from a Swiss jail on the statutory rape case, while film   
   producer Harvey Weinstein described the original charge a   
   “miscarriage of justice,” adding, “Whatever you think about the   
   so-called crime, Polanski has served his time.” In reality, it   
   appears that Polanski has only actually been incarcerated for 42   
   days.   
      
   In a new development this week, Poland’s justice minister has   
   revived an effort to have Polanski extradited to the United   
   States, asking Poland’s Supreme Court to annul a ruling blocking   
   Polanski’s extradition.   
      
   The Importance of Parental Protection   
   Michael Harrah, a children’s talent manager in Hollywood,   
   confessed in his An Open Secret interview to sexually abusing at   
   least one child actor. What Harrah said on camera spoke volumes   
   about the importance of parental control and protection, as well   
   as the expectation that to get ahead the child actors had to   
   allow themselves to be abused: “Many of the kids that I worked   
   with couldn’t have even been able to take advantage of being in   
   the industry had they had their families move here with them.”   
      
      
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