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Why you should keep your kids out of Hollywood.
Why did Arianna Huffington’s husband invest $5 million in an internet startup whose sole purpose was introducing older men to younger boys? Why did David Geffen invest $500,000 in the same company? Why is Brian Peck, a convicted pedophile, a registered sex offender, accused of sexually abusing a Nickelodeon child star still allowed to work in Hollywood with child actors? Why did SAG-AFTRA threaten to sue the producer of An Open Secret after the documentary exposed a child predator high within the union’s ranks? We meet Anne Henry whose research served as the basis for An Open Secret a new documentary from Oscar nominated Director Amy Berg. An Open Secret reveals Hollwood’s long history of failing to protect child actors from sexual abuse. We are also joined by Gabe Hoffman who produced the documentary, and David Robb who covers labor for Deadline Hollywood.
Deadline Hollywood’s David Robb reports that the Executive Director of SAG-AFTRA, David White, threatened to sue the producers of A Known Secret after the documentary exposed the head of SAG-AFTRA’s Young Performers Committee, Michael Harrah, as a child predator. A Known Secret is an explosive film about child predators in Hollywood.
Here’s the story David Robb wrote for Deadline Hollywood about SAG-AFTRA’s attempt to cover up the revelations in An Open Secret, the new documentary about child predators in Hollywood.
EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director David White recently misled the union’s board of directors about the union’s attempt to whitewash An Open Secret, director Amy Berg’s explosive new documentary about the sexual abuse of child actors in Hollywood. He also misled the board about the union’s threat to sue her and the film’s producers.