Are People Right To Be Suspicious Of Corey Feldman?

A Previous Article Raises A Few Questions and quotes Corey Feldman from his book Coreyography.  It can be viewed HERE 

When Corey Feldman really started getting vocal a couple months ago about pedophilia in Hollywood, I admit it grabbed my interest. I've studied the topic enough to know that there is something to it, and I also believe that things happened to Corey Feldman. However, there are red flags that have really not been addressed properly.

After I started following the tweets of Corey, his supporters and the people attacking him, I found a copy of Choreography, his autobiography. This is a very fascinating, if not disturbing, read. When I got to chapters 11, 12 and 13 on the subject Corey Haim, I admit red lights started going off over my head. I understand that when you're a victim of pedophilia, you might do things that seem completely messed up to anybody who's not a victim. Therefore, I tried to cut Corey Feldman some slack.

Here is my problem with Feldman. By his own admission, he set Corey Haim up with two people he knew were pedophiles. In the book, he paints Corey Haim as at least bisexual, if not gay. Corey Haim is no longer here to respond to these allegations, and his mother just calls Feldman a liar. I will address her further down. Feldman simply downplays the idea that he introduced Haim to these two pedophiles. Like he didn't know any better, or in his warped mind he thought it was okay because Haim wanted it.

Feldman and Hain made three movies together in the 1980's and had some success in that. By the end, Feldman wanted to distance himself from Haim. Both went along destructive paths, but Feldman recovered. Haim never really did. I do not believe Corey Feldman was a true friend to Haim, though they did hang out together at times until Haim died. It seems to me that Feldman was willing to do movies or other projects with Haim anytime his own career was going down.

I see people point that out and say that Haim was the talented one of the two. I disagree. Both were very talented. Feldman craved success and getting back in the spotlight. He says in interviews that he knows nothing more than being an actor. It is what he has done since before he knew his own name. Feldman has done whatever he can do to stay in the business, even if it's on a B or C Movie level. If that meant bringing Haim back, he did it.

In Feldman's book, he mentions that in one of the movies he did with Haim in the late 1990's, he also hired one of the pedophiles who abused Haim. Haim freaked out, and Feldman says he had to fire him. The problem I have with Feldman is that he had moved further along from those days when he was abused as a child. He's had more time to process it, and there are tapes showing how he was trying to name one abuser when they were investigating the Michael Jackson molestation allegations of young boys in 1993. So, Feldman should have known better than to bring this person back into Haim's life. Furthermore, this person, Dominick Brascia, is interviewed in The E True Hollywood Story about Feldman that happened in the early 2000's.

This comes out in the reality TV show, The Two Coreys. Haim confronts Feldman over one of the things that happened to him. He also points out that Feldman had associated with this guy years later as his good friend. Another problem I have with The Two Coreys is the way Haim was portrayed as some sort of druggie. Yes, he had his well documented struggles, but the show portrayed Haim in a really bad light.  It's no wonder Haim said in interviews later how he wanted to beat up Feldman.

They showed his meltdown on the set of The Lost Boys, a movie that Feldman knows was dear to Haim. Haim had his own ideas of how a sequel should be made, and he was unhappy with the way this was going. If you are a true friend, you do everything you can to keep this from getting on air. Not only did Feldman not stop it, but his wife at the time completely threw Haim under the bus with her comments.  Furthermore, he basically threw Haim under the bus when it came to the two sequels.  He knows what he did.

Then we get to the idea that Feldman needed 10 million dollars to make a movie based on his autobiography. He claimed he would name names, and this is the only way he could do it as he cannot name people he didn't witness. First of all, Feldman could name the people he introduced to Haim publicly, not just in his book. He could go on video and say this. Why wouldn't he? Because then he has some explaining to do about Dominick Brascia and why the two are friends. For whatever it might be worth, he could also name the name that Haim said abused him on the set of Lucas, pointing out that this is what he told him.  Also, Haim's own mother has named Brascia as the one to molest her son, but Feldman has yet to back her up publicly.  Why?

People have rightly criticized Feldman for raising money to make a movie naming abusers. The 10 million dollar figure is astronomical, and a little ridiculous to think that the average person would ever give him that much money. Hollywood has already balked at the idea of that movie. When Feldman released his book, he would go on talk shows in 2013 and say that this movie was in the works. Four years later, Hollywood still has no interest. So, the average person was expected to help him raise 10 million dollars.

You might ask why he would raise the bar so high on his Indiegogo campaign? The reason is because you can access that money even if you don't reach your goal. If you don't reach your goal, or even really come close, where does the money go? He knew he aimed too high, so he lowered it down to a still high $1,000,000. He got somewhere around $270,000. Not enough to do much, so where will the money go?

While all of this was going on, it was revealed that there was a Lifetime movie coming out on January 6th called A Tale Of Two Coreys. This would highlight the things these two had been through together during their popular run in the 1980's. People began to rightly ask why he was raising money for a movie when there was one in production. Feldman's defense was that they were making this movie, and he came on as an executive producer to make sure the facts were correct. His autobiography, he claimed, would be a different movie that named names.

Then, there is the case of Judy Haim. I will not personally attack this woman, but her hands are not clean. I know she is a grieving mother, and I don't doubt that she was close to her son. However, she failed him as a mother when he was going down the dark path in the 1980's, and she did so because the money was rolling in. I do not believe her when she says he was only molested one time, though it is possible that this is the only time she knows of. Haim spent the last 20 years of his life never quite recovering from what he had been through in the 1980's. He was a victim, plain and simple.

It is my belief that Corey Haim had never truly had a friend. He may have hung around Feldman on and off through the years, but that was more like acquaintances or business colleagues. They had been through certain things together, and it bonded them in some ways. He was used by Feldman when it suited Feldman. He was used by his own mother when it suited her. And he's not here to tell his story.

It doesn't make me happy to say that I have real doubts about Corey Feldman's motives. I was a fan of his movies in the 1980's. I do want him to name names and help shed light on what is really going on in Hollywood and in the world in general. I believe in some ways this is starting to happen. At best, he has handled these last two months in a poorly organized fashion and made one misstep after another. At worst, he was looking for a quick buck and some way to get his name back in the "A List" spotlight again.

There is no doubt that Hollywood uses these young actors and spits them out when they get too old. Once they've used up their 15 minutes, Hollywood closes its doors on them. If these child stars have public meltdowns, that plays to Hollywood's advantage. They can shun them in the name of the fact that they are unreliable. This has happened to countless young stars, including both Corey's. Corey Feldman wants back in, but unless one of the big producers who has hired him in the past gives him that chance, his return to an A Level movie will probably never happen.

However, this is bigger than any one actor. The fact that there is pedophilia in Hollywood being covered up needs to be brought to light. Feldman is just one voice telling his story. He is a flawed individual, as we all are. I would not call him the leader, just somebody doing what he needs to do to get by. The fact that he has survived as long as he has speaks to his inner strength. Sadly, Corey Haim was unable to make it this far. To me, Haim was the true victim in all of this. He needed a real friend and parents who would do their jos. From what I can see, he had none of that.