Brian Damage
05-19-2012, 01:07 PM
Both former child actors have their Hollywood tales of ups and downs, but perhaps most disturbing is that both were sexually abused by someone who claimed to have “Hollywood connections” in the business.
Bridges and Feldman are working to support a bill that requires any entertainment industry folks that have “unsupervised access to child performers” to have criminal background checks and provide fingerprints.
Bridges shares with the Los Angeles Times, "We're not doing enough to protect children, period," adding, "I cannot imagine why even one politician would object to it passing. Without these types of precautions, Hollywood will continue to attract pedophiles with an unmonitored playing field to commit their inhumane acts."
Feldman added: "I think it should have been implemented years ago."
It does seem like an important legislation to have passed, given that many parents eager to get their kids into entertainment are likely to fall victim to those with the worst intentions.
Bridges is best known for his role as Willis on "Diff'rent Strokes," while Feldman starred in movies like “Stand By Me” and “The Goonies.”
Both maintain that they were molested as kids by men who claimed to have industry connections. Both had their own personal struggles and downward spirals that included drug addiction.
Assemblywoman Nora Campos (D-San Jose), the bill’s author, commented, "If this bill can help save one child from the pain and consequences of being made a victim, then it is worth every effort."
http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Todd-Bridges-and-Corey-Feldman-Supporting-Bill-to-Protect-Child-Actors/139153.html
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Bridges and Feldman are working to support a bill that requires any entertainment industry folks that have “unsupervised access to child performers” to have criminal background checks and provide fingerprints.
Bridges shares with the Los Angeles Times, "We're not doing enough to protect children, period," adding, "I cannot imagine why even one politician would object to it passing. Without these types of precautions, Hollywood will continue to attract pedophiles with an unmonitored playing field to commit their inhumane acts."
Feldman added: "I think it should have been implemented years ago."
It does seem like an important legislation to have passed, given that many parents eager to get their kids into entertainment are likely to fall victim to those with the worst intentions.
Bridges is best known for his role as Willis on "Diff'rent Strokes," while Feldman starred in movies like “Stand By Me” and “The Goonies.”
Both maintain that they were molested as kids by men who claimed to have industry connections. Both had their own personal struggles and downward spirals that included drug addiction.
Assemblywoman Nora Campos (D-San Jose), the bill’s author, commented, "If this bill can help save one child from the pain and consequences of being made a victim, then it is worth every effort."
http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Todd-Bridges-and-Corey-Feldman-Supporting-Bill-to-Protect-Child-Actors/139153.html
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z46GtE3JfNk/T5FlDe7F7wI/AAAAAAAAQzI/GLA8awkM9OI/s400/Todd+Bridges+Corey+Feldman+bill.jpg