“There’s a power dynamic that feels impossible to overcome,” he tweeted.Ĭorey Haim, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show "The Two Coreys."īut the problem, for Feldman - and for many actors who remained silent over the Weinstein accusations, is that by going public with names, he faces more trouble than freedom. Van Der Beek, star of the 90s teen drama Dawson’s Creek, alleged: “I’ve had my ass grabbed by older, powerful men, I’ve had them corner me in inappropriate sexual conversation.”įor Van Der Beek, the idea to speak out felt too overwhelming. I was surrounded by them when I was 14-years-old. “I can tell you the number one problem was and is and always will be paedophilia,” Feldman told ABC News in the US. The abuse of young boys and even men in Hollywood has been described as Hollywood’s other “ open secret” in the business along with Feldman, actors Terry Crews and James Van Der Beek have tweeted about being the targets of inappropriate sexual conduct.
ITS PRETTY SICKENING WHEN U REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH $ OUR FILMS COLLECTIVELY MADE &NO MEMORIAM 4 CH, NO STAR ON WALK OF FAME #NORESPECTâ Corey Feldman October 17, 2017įeldman has said on social media that Weinstein was not the person who molested him or Haim. That person needs to be exposed but unfortunately I can’t be the one to do it. When Haim died in 2010, Feldman told ABC News: “There’s one person to blame in the death of Corey Haim, and that person happens to be a Hollywood mogul. It was in Coreyography, released in 2013,where Feldman alleged the darkest secret in Tinseltown was not on the casting couch but in fact in Hollywood’s playground, after a paedophilia ring saw Feldman and Haim spiral into a life of drug addiction and despair. On his reality series, The Two Coreys, which he starred in alongside Haim, the pair had a full, frank and sometimes painful discussion about the sexual abuse they both suffered as children. While Tinseltown is in turmoil over the shocking revelations of sexual abuse against women by the former mega-movie producer Harvey Weinstein, accusations long made famous by child actor Feldman are gaining traction as a reminder that sexual abuse is universal - and there may be bigger fish to fry.įeldman has long said paedophilia is the biggest problem facing Hollywood. The five boys were now back in the care of their parents.Corey Feldman (right) and Corey Haim in 1987. Mr Phakphum will face human trafficking charges, police said. He admitted he was infected with HIV and was being treated, police said. The suspect said he spent some of the money buying sex from boys. Customers paid the boys 2,000 baht a time. Identified only as "Phakphum", he was taken into custody by police led by Pol Col Jiradet Phrasawang, deputy chief of the Anti-Human Trafficking Suppression Division, on Thursday evening.įive schoolboys, all aged 14 years, were also taken into protective custody.ĭuring interrogation, Mr Phakphum allegedly admitted he had persuaded the boys to provide sex services for male customers for money. NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A gay man has been arrested at a resort in Sikhiu district for allegedly procuring five 14-year-old schoolboys to provide sex services for male customers. Phakphum, left, is questioned by police at a resort in Nakhon Ratchasima's Sikhiu district for allegedly pimping five schoolboys to male customers.