Butbehindthescenes, therewas a sordidandshockingsecret.
Foryearsnow, CoreyFeldmanhasbeenspeakingoutabouttheabusethatHayandCoreyHaimsufferedbywhathedescribesas a ringofpedophilesmadeupofpowerfulHollywoodexecutives.
Nextmonth, Coreysayshewillbenaminghe's abusesin a newdocumentary, andCoryjoinsusthismorningfrom L.
A.
Welcometotheshow, Corey.
Thankssomuch.
Morning.
Howareyou, Tosh?
ReallybondingCute.
Weiqing, goodtoseeyou.
Oh, I dowanttocorrectyouononethingearlythismorning.
Butthatsaid, umactually, I neverdidsaythat I wasgoingtoname a bunchofpowerfulexecutives.
Thatis a misconstruedmessagethathasbeenspunbythemedia.
Butifyouactuallygobacktowhat I saidatthetimethat I mademyoriginalannouncementonthatoriginalYouTubevideo.
What I saidwasthat I wasgoingtobeexposingthepeoplethatdidthethingstomeandtomybestfriend, andthattherewas a ringofatleastsixpeoplewhoallhadvariouspositionswithintheentertainmentindustry.
Afterthreeyearsofworkingonthisdocumentary, I canfinallyexposethedetailsofthethingsthat I'vebeentalkingaboutforsolong, Corybeautifullysaid.
May I sayit's Carrieinhere?
And I canalsofinancedthismovie.
Sowhenyougogreatkids, too.
Yousaidthatpedophilia, asyoujustmentioned, hasbeen a hugeprobleminHollywoodandinallfacetsoflifefor a longtime.
Andwhilethemetwovictimsarereallygetting a lotofspacetotellthestory, you'veseemedtohavebeensilenced.
Butareyougoingtonamenamesinthisnewdocumentary?
Well, I supposeyou'regonnahavetowatchittofindoutnow, aren't you.
Uh, but I assureyouthat I won't letmyfansdownand I won't letdown.
Mybestfriend I promisedmybestfriend 10 yearsagoonthedayofthisanniversarywillbethe 10 yearanniversaryofhisdeath.
Unfortunately, and I promisedhimoneyearbeforethat, oneyearbeforehisdeaththat I wouldtellhisstoryifforanyreason, heweretodiebefore I waas.
Well, man, I madethatpromise, and I'vekeptthatpromise.
Andthatpromiseisgoingtocomeintheformof a worldwidelive, globalpaypervieweventwhereforthefirsttime, peoplecanwatchthepremiereof a filmwhichwillonlyshowthisonetime.
Asofnow, wehavenootherfutureplanstoshowit.
It's a onetimeeventsothateverybodyinAustralia, everybodyinAmerica, everybodyinEurope, everybodyinAsia, peopleliterallyallovertheglobeforthefirsttimecanlearnthetruth, canlearnthedetails, and I canunderstandthatthisproblemis a realityandneedstobefixedbigtime.
I wasabusedas a childbecause I wasgrownin a abusivehousehold.
Everybodywasabused.
Itwasanabusivelineage.
Therewas a lotofabusethatwentoninmyfamily, butthatsaidthatabusewasphysicalandmental.
Andthen, as I gotoutsideofthehome, that's wherethesexualabusebegan.
But I alsogotoutsideofthehome a lotearlierthanmost.
Oneofthethingsthatpedophileslookforas a traditionis a brokenhome.
TheyalwaysgoaftertheChildrenthatyouknow, comefrom a situationwheretheparentsarefightingorthere's disarray.
Or, youknow, there's gonnabesomeunevenfactorofthefamilythatgivesthemtheideathatthedad's notgonnabearound, andtheyonlygot a, youknow, dealwiththemom, and a lotoftimestheytrytobuddyupwiththemom.
There's a patterntothis, andwe'veseenthispatternoverandoverandover.
Thisyearwegotonepastwherewepushedthestatuteto 45 yearsoldandthen, additionally, wealsowereabletoopen a threeyearwindow.
Andwhatthatmeansis, during a threeyearwindow, caseswhichwerepriorto 2017 forthefirsttimeinhistorywereabletocomebackandactuallytrytobringcivilcasesagainsttheirabusers.
Wehaven't gottentothepointofcriminalcasesyet, butthat's a placethat I'd liketoseeusgetacrosstheboardinAmerica.
I don't knowhowtherulesourinlawsareinAustralia, butthisishowitisinAmerica.
Yeah, it's extraordinarythatwhenhefirststartedspeakingoutaboutthis, itwaswrittenoffas a sortofparanoidconspiracytheoryandthathewasjustcrazybecausehe'd beengivendrugsandeverythingispartoftheabuse, andeveryone's justsortofwritehimoff.
IsthissortofLaurencrazyvoice?
Andthenthere's onethingafteranotherhascometo a lot.
EverythingfromJeffreyabstainto a certainHollywoodfilmdirector, Ondacourse, the R.
Kelly, andit's actuallyallbeentryingtobetrue, so I canjustimaginethefrustrationthatthehurtthathe's gonethrough, let's hopethetruth, shoutingfromtherooftopsandhavingworkedtalkedaboutHollywoodsincetheeightieswhen I startedtelevision.