Former child actor Corey Feldman has publicly named one of his alleged abusers for the first time, telling Dr. Mehmet Oz that actor John Grissom sexually molested him in the late 1980s.
Appearing on The Dr. Oz Show, Feldman said Grissom abused him while they filmed License To Drive and Dream A Little Dream.
Feldman said he first reported Grissom’s alleged abuse to Los Angeles Police Department in 1993. Dr. Oz said that when the show contacted LAPD to verify that claim, they were told they had taken Feldman’s statement, but that he didn’t explicitly name Grissom.
In response, Feldman claimed “they turned the recording off during that part.”
Today, for the first time, @Corey_Feldman exposes the alleged abusers that molested him as a child actor in Hollywood. Be sure to join us. pic.twitter.com/q2wUQbmeYw
— Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) November 2, 2017
On camera, Feldman proceeded to make a report to the LAPD in which he named Grissom as his alleged abuser. He also alleged Grissom has pictures of the actor on his social media accounts, and that “he still taunts it, flaunts it.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly0y_SDWuLU
In a video uploaded to Twitter after the broadcast, Dr. Oz said Grissom was previously arrested on a child molestation charge, and subsequently served time behind bars in 2003.
It was also revealed that Grissom is currently in violation of a law which requires those found guilty of child sex offences to register with state authorities.
Dr. Oz also said that Feldman disclosed a series of other names, all of which he alleges form part of a paedophilia ring that has been plaguing Hollywood for decades.
https://twitter.com/DrOz/status/926170588061761536
Earlier, Feldman started a crowdfunding campaign, seeking US $10 million to finance a film exposing his alleged abusers.
“Right off the bat I can name six names, one of them is still very powerful today, and a story that leads all the way up to a studio,” Feldman said.
“It connects paedophilia to one of the major studios.”
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