FAMOUS MEN WHO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED
ANTHONY EDWARDS
- Actor and Director including “Top Gun” and “ER”.
- Sexually Abused by Director Gary Goddard over 40 years ago.
ANTWONE FISHER
- The man that the movie “Antwone Fischer” was based on.
- From Cleveland, OH.
- Abused in foster care during his 12 years in the system. Not only sexually, but also physically and verbally abused.
- Born in a women’s prison where his mom was incarcerated.
- His father was murdered before he was born.
AXL ROSE
- Guns N Roses singer.
- Kidnapped and raped by his father at 2 years old.
- Raped by his stepfather.
- His siblings were also raped by his stepfather.
BILLY CONNELLY
- British Comedian.
- Sexually abused by his father.
- He finally came out first to his wife, who trained as a psychologist, in 1989 after his father died.
CARLOS SANTANA
- Abused from 10 – 12 years old.
- A man from Vermont lured him to the USA to abuse him by promising gifts and toys.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
- Singer for Linkin Park and Stone Temple Pilots.
- Abused by an older male friend when he was 7.
- The irony was, his father was a detective in the sex crimes division in Phoenix, AZ.
CHRIS BROWN
- Lost his virginity at 8 to his teenage babysitter (about 14 or 15).
- Still a form of sexual abuse.
CHRIS GARDNER
- “Pursuit of Happyness” was based on his story.
- He is an Entrepreneur, Author, Philanthropist, and single parent.
CLYDE BARROW
- The actual Clyde of Bonnie & Clyde.
- Raped in his first prison stint.
- Killed his attacker with a pipe.
COMMON
- Molested by a family member on a trip to Cleveland.
- Wrote a book called “Let Love Have the Last Word”.
COREY FELDMAN & COREY HAIM
- Both abused by men in Hollywood.
- Corey Feldman claims he was molested, while his friend Corey Haim says it was all out rape beginning at age 11.
- They claim they were passed around by older men in the industry as well as other young actors. It was widely known, but nothing was ever done.
- Haim died in 2010 at 38 years old of a drug overdose after 15 rehab stints.
DEREK LUKE
- Played Antwone Fisher.
- Was abused himself as a child.
DMX - EARL SIMMONS
- One of the mothers of his children sexually abused him.
- Suffered severe abuse as a child.
- Died, April 2, 2021 of a heart attack.
DON LEMON
- CNN Host.
- Revealed his abuse on his national show while discussing the abuse suffered at the hands of Bishop Eddie Long.
- He abused began at 5 years old.
DREW CAREY
- Star of The Drew Carey Show, Host of The Price is Right, as well as a number of other shows.
- From Cleveland, OH.
- Raped by an extended family member.
HENRY ROLLINS
- Lead Singer of Black Flag and The Rollins Band.
- Also appeared in a few shows and movies.
- Molested by Mom’s Boyfriend at 7 years old after being beaten by him.
- At 10 years old, he was abused by a truck driver.
- Also, sexually abused by his stepbrother.
JAMES DEAN
- Sexually abused by his minister starting at 11, not long after his mother passed away.
- Elizabeth Taylor, a close friend to him, was the person who eventually told of his abuse.
JOHNATHON DAVIS
- Frontman for Korn.
- Abused by a family friend, but his parents didn’t believe him.
- Made a song called “Daddy” which is about sexual abuse, but makes it clear it is not about his own father, but the family friend.
- A lot of his music is about his traumatic upbringing, including the torture from his stepmother.
KEYON DOOLING
- NBA veteran
- Sexually abused by a teen twice his age.
LAVERANUES COLE
- Sexually abused by what would become his stepfather between the ages of 10 and 13.
- The stepfather served only 3 1/2 years of a 9 year sentence.
MARILYN MANSON
- Molested by his neighbor.
- Molested by an older friend.
- His grandfather would wear women’s underwear.
- His grandfather’s basement had a den that was an old man’s sex den.
OZZY OSBOURNE
- Singer, originally of Black Sabbath, as well as an actor.
- Molested by 2 bullies after school almost everyday.
- The first time it happened was in front of his sister.
R. KELLY
- One of the most successful R&B singers of this generation.
- At 10 was molested by a women living in the house.
- 1 women made him photograph her having sex with her man.
- Convicted on numerous charges related to sex crimes.
R. A. DICKEY
- MLB Pitcher.
- At 8 years old, he was repeatedly raped by a female babysitter.
- There was 1 time that a 17 year old male molested him.
RAHSAAN PATTERSON
- “Kids Incorporated” – actor / singer.
- Abused at church at the age of 6.
- Speaks out about sexual abuse.
- He said that his abuse played a role in his sexuality.
- Made a song for RAINN called “Don’t Touch Me”.
SCOTT BROWN
- U.S. Senator and Ambassador to New Zealand.
- Sexually abused at 10 by a camp counselor. He threatened to kill Scott and he did not speak about it to anyone until the release of his autobiography in 2011.
- Some people have questioned if he was abused because of 3 main factors: 1) Timing – He came out with this at the time of his book release. 2) Refused to press charges – This is unfair given that many don’t report it, in addition to the fact that it took place 40 years earlier. And 3) The backing of Republican Jeff Perry, who defended an officer while he was sergeant, who was accused of illegal strip searches of a 14 and 16 year old girls.
SCOTT WEILAND
- Frontman for Stone Temple Pilots.
- Raped at 12 by a high school senior.
- Memoirs in 2011, “Not Dead & Not For Sale” – talks about his abuse.
SID VICIOUS
- Bass guitarist and singer for Sex Pistols.
- Raped and assaulted while incarcerated at Rikers Island.
SUGAR RAY LEONARD
- Hall of Fame Boxer
- Abused by an Olympic Boxing Coach. At first, he was 15 and forced to take a bath with another teenager at a boxing event, while the coach watched from the other side of the room.
- A few years later, the same coach tried to force himself on Sugar Ray in a car and he ran away.
- He found his courage and motivation to come out with this after being touched by Todd Bridges appearance on Oprah.
THEO FLEURY
- NHL player.
- Sexually abused by his Junior Hockey Coach, Graham James.
- His abuser was convicted of abusing 2 other players between 1984 and 1995 in 1997. He only received a 3 1/2 year sentence.
SHELDON KENNEDY
- Sheldon Kennedy, former player of Graham James, was the one who came forward about the abuse while playing in the NHL.
TIM ROTH
- British Actor in “Pulp Fiction”, as well as numerous other movies.
- He was abused by his grandfather. His own father was also abused by him.
- Directed his first movie in 1999, “The War Zone” about abuse and incest.
TODD BRIDGES
- Known for his role on “Diff’rent Strokes”.
- Molested by a mentor / his publicist starting at 11.
- His mom was molested as a child.
- He revealed his abuse to the world on the Oprah Show.
TOM ARNOLD
- Famous actor.
- Raped from 4 – 7 years old.
- At 7, he approached his abuser with his dads gun after the abuser threatened to kil his father.
- Ended up playing a pedophile in 2008 – “Gardens of the Night”. He even wore the same clothes in the movie as his abuser.
TYLER PERRY
- Actor and writer.
- Abused by 4 different adults as a kid, 3 men and the mother of one of his friends.
- From Cleveland, OH.
