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SACRAMENTO –Governor Brown has signed into law legislation by
Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay) to prohibit secret
settlements in sexual abuse cases.
“Secret settlements interfere with the prosecution of sexual
predators and therefore could endanger children and other
vulnerable potential victims of sexual assault. By shielding
cases from the public and law enforcement, secret settlements
unfairly allow sexual offenders with the financial means to pay
for the silence of their victims and escape criminal
prosecution,” said Stone. “This new law will help protect
potential victims by prohibiting the use of settlements to
shield sexual offenders from public knowledge and scrutiny.”
http://asmdc.org/members/a29/news-room/press-releases/governor- signs-stone-legislation-to-protect-victims-of-abuse\
Bryan Singer and the Open Secret
The parties Wood referred to are well-known around Hollywood,
parties that allow “the young and impressionable to rub up
against Hollywood elite — including prominent writers, directors
and actors…” but which left damaged children in their wake.
These parties were apparently used by the “Hollywood elite” to
hand-pick young boys to abuse for their own sexual perversion.
Bryan Singer, X-Men director and one of the most powerful gay
men in Hollywood, is now involved in litigation for alleged sex
crimes against young men who attended his parties. According to
Gawker, Singer’s “henchmen” would scope out young boys at the
parties and bring them to Singer for sex. The young men, who
desired to break into the acting scene, believed that this was
their way to the top.
One young man who attended Singer’s parties recalled how he
asked another boy whether he was trying to sleep with someone at
the party. The young man responded, “Well, I’m trying to be an
actor and this is how it is.” When asked why he didn’t just go
to an audition, the boy replied, “Well there are 1,000 people
who go to an audition, but I can just get a director or a
producer’s phone number.”
Singer wasn’t alone in his alleged predatory acts. An Open
Secret, a documentary about “the alleged pedophilic ring of
convicted and accused molesters linked to lavish, drug-fueled
parties,” outs several Hollywood names, such as Singer’s
associates Marc Collins-Rector, Chad Shackman, former child
actor Brock Pierce (The Mighty Ducks), and Brian Peck. Peck is
an actor, dialogue coach and convicted sex offender who had a
cameo in Singer’s X-Men, reports The Daily Mail. Though he’s
barred from working directly with children, he is not prohibited
from working on shows featuring children.
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