ELIJAH WOOD: ‘HOLLYWOOD IN THE GRIP OF CHILD ABUSE SCANDAL SIMILAR TO JIMMY SAVILE’
“People with parasitic interests will see you as their prey”
By Telegraph.co.uk
Hollywood is in the grip of a child sexual abuse scandal similar to that of Jimmy Savile in Britain, Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood has claimed.
The 35-year-old former child actor said paedophiles had been protected by powerful figures in the movie business and that abuse was probably still taking place.
In an interview with the Sunday Times, Wood said he had been protected from abuse as he was growing up, but that other child actors had been regularly “preyed upon” at parties by industry figures.
“You all grew up with Savile – Jesus, it must have been devastating,” he said.
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