'ER' Star Anthony Edwards Says Hollywood Big Shot Molested Him As A Teen

TO KITE'S REPRESENTATIVE TOLD
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER HE IS
UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT.
RICK: ANTHONY EDWARDS SPEAKING
OUT ABOUT ALLEGED ABUSE WHEN HE
WAS A TEENAGER.
PAT: IT INVOLVES A BIG-NAME
HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER PETE CBS 2'S
PETER DAUT IS HERE WITH THE
DETAILS.
REPORTER: THE FORMER ER ACTORS
ACCUSING DIRECT OR WRITER OR
PRODUCER GARY GODDARD OF
MOLESTING HIM MORE THAN FOUR
DECADES AGO.
WHETHER HIS GOOSE AND TOP GUN OR
DR. GREEN GREEN ON THE HIT TV
SHOW ER.
ANTHONY EDWARDS BRINGS HONESTY
TO THE ROLES HE PLAYS BUT IN A
NEW HEARTFELT ESSAY POSTED ON
MEDIUM TITLED YES MAAM THERE IS
SOMETHING WRONG THE ACTOR TALKS
ABOUT IN JUST 14 YEARS OLD WHEN
HIS MOTHER QUOTE OPENED THE DOOR
FOR ME TO ANSWER HONESTLY ABOUT
THE RUMORS SHE HAD HEARD ABOUT
GARY GODDARD.
HE WAS MY MENTOR TEACHER AND
FRIEND AND A PEDOPHILE.
EDWARDS SAYS HE WAS NOT ON A
SPEC THEN AND DENIED THE RUMORS
DUE TO COMPLETE PANIC.
GODDARD NOW 63 AS A FILM
DIRECTOR WRITER AND PRODUCER
BEHIND SUCH MOVIES AS MASTERS OF
THE UNIVERSE.
EDWARDS SAYS HE WAS JUST 12 WHEN
HE MET
DECADE OLDER.
QUOTE ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC
EFFECTS OF ABUSE IN CHILDREN IS
THAT THE VICTIMS OFTEN FEEL
DEEPLY RESPONSIBLE AS IF IT'S
SOMEHOW THEIR FAULT.
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST
LAURA LYNN SAYS VICTIMS OF THE
ABUSE OFTEN HOLD ONTO GUILT AND
SHAME AND FINALLY BREAK THEIR
SILENCE AFTER THEY REALIZE THEY
ARE NOT AT FAULT.
AT SOME POINT YOU JUST CAN'T
TAKE IT ANYMORE AND YOU HAVE TO
TELL SOMEONE.
EDWARDS WRITES HE CAME
FACE-TO-FACE WITH GODDARD 22
YEARS AGO IN AN AIRPORT AND
CONFRONTED HIM.
EDWARDS CLAIMS GODDARD WAS
REMARKS -- REMORSEFUL AND HAD
GOTTEN HELP.
GOGGARD IS DENYING ALL OF
EDWARDS CLAIMS.
A SPOKESMAN ISSUED A STATEMENT
DISPUTING THE ALLEGATIONS.
GARY WAS A MENTOR TEACHER AND
FRIEND ANTHONY WHICH MAKES THE
STORY ALL THE MORE DISTURBING TO
HIM.
GARY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
HELPING START ANTHONY'S ACTING
CAREER AND ACTED AS HIS PERSONAL
MANAGER.
HE HAS NOTHING BUT THE GREATEST
RESPECT FOR ANTHONY IS A PERSON.
GARY IS SADDENED BY THE FALSE
ALLEGATIONS.
REPORTER: LAWSUITS ALLEGE ABUSE
OF TWO BOYS THROUGH THE LAWSUITS
WERE VOLUNTARILY DISMISSED.
EDWARDS SAYS HE THOUGHT THERAPY
AND IS FINALLY COMING TO TERMS
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'ER' Star Anthony Edwards Says Hollywood Big Shot Molested Him As A Teen

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