Former child actor Corey Feldman faced skepticism after claiming he turned over names of child abusers to police in 1993. Now, it looks like he may be vindicated…

Feldman starred in ‘80s hits The Goonies and The Lost Boys. In his 2013 autobiography, he talked about the rampant abuse experienced by him and his friends:

On the 1986 set of “Lucas,” Haim told Feldman that “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,” Feldman wrote, per an excerpt obtained by Page Six.

After relaying the incident to Feldman, Haim asked, “So, I guess we should play around like that, too?” Feldman dismissed him, saying, that’s “not what kids do, man.”

Feldman claims he told the police about the abuse in 1993, but they denied it. Now, they’ve reversed their denial. They say they do have the evidence. Fox News reports:

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Kelly Hoover told Fox News on Tuesday night in an emailed statement, “Following the recent inquiries into the Sheriff’s Office interview of Mr. Feldman in 1993, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office conducted an additional review for any stored items remaining from the Michael Jackson investigation.

In a container which included the original reports from the investigation, the Sheriff’s Office located some detective working copies of audio recordings made during the investigation. A copy of Mr. Feldman’s interview was located. The recording is being turned over to the Los Angeles Police Department. Due to the fact that this case involves the alleged sexual abuse of a child, we are unable to comment further and any documentation or evidence related to this case is exempt from release.”

A MODERN DAY GREEK GYMNASIUM

Hollywood operates like Ancient Greece.

Pederasty was a formal institution in Athens. The closest resemblance to this practice in modern culture was formal courtship between a man and a woman. At Wikipedia we read:

Athenian society generally encouraged the erastes [adult man] to pursue a boy to love, tolerating up to sleeping on the youth’s stoop and otherwise going to great lengths to make himself noticed. At the same time, the boy and his family were expected to put up resistance and not give in too easily, and boys who succumbed too readily were looked down upon.

Older men would seek out young boys at the gymnasium, where the young boys competed in the nude. The modern word “gym” comes from a Greek word meaning “naked.”

The new gymnasium for these modern erastai1 is Hollywood. Feldman has been sounding this alarm for a long time, and again recently, but the media operators have just been pressing the “silence” button.

A NEW HOPE

With the breaking of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, there’s hope that this dark underbelly of Hollywood may finally come to light. The abuse of women is just the tip of the iceberg.

There’s evidence that Feldman’s accusations might be gaining momentum, especially if this audio recording leads to legal action.

Consider Anthony Edwards, known for his roles in Top Gun and in the TV series ER. He published an essay recently about his own childhood abuse at the hands of a Hollywood producer.

His account closely resembles that of Feldman’s, but separated by a decade. Two weeks after he named Hollywood producer Gary Goddard as his abuser, Goddard “took a leave of absence” from his company.

Justice is sweeping through the halls of the rich and famous for the women victimized by these men. Let’s hope the abused boys will get their justice, as well.

1. The older partner in a homosexual relationship. [↩]