Corey Feldman is denying he accused the late Corey Haim of “molesting him” while the actors filmed The Lost Boys together.
Feldman’s legal team told Us Weekly via a statement on Friday, December 19, that the molestation comments were a “mischaracterization” of the truth, denying there was sexual assault involved in the actors’ interactions.
“Mr. Feldman did not have any involvement in the documentary Corey Feldman vs The World. The producers of the film made the film without Mr Feldman’s knowledge and obtained the footage through dishonest means,” the statement read. “Mr. Feldman is investigating the source of the footage, the producer’s claimed rights to it, and the role of his name, image, and likeness. Mr. Feldman plans to pursue all legal options available to him once his investigation is complete.”
The statement went on to clarify that Feldman, 54, claimed in the documentary Haim had made a move on him rather than accusing Haim of physically assaulting him.
“Any article regarding the purported comment that Mr. Feldman claims Corey Haim ‘molested’ him is a sensationalized mischaracterization of the statements made in the film. Mr. Feldman’s statement was that during the filming of The Lost Boys Mr. Haim sought to ‘mess around’ with Mr. Feldman, however, Mr. Feldman did not reciprocate his advances and contacted another party on behalf of Mr. Haim,” the statement continued.
“Mr. Feldman’s statement that Mr. Haim ‘molested’ him was in reference to Mr. Haim’s advances, and not physical molestation. The film and any other current articles on this issue distort the truth and context of Mr. Feldman’s words and story. Mr. Feldman makes no claim that Corey Haim physically ‘molested’ him.”
Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
In the Corey Feldman vs the World documentary, Feldman appeared to make comments about Haim asking him to “mess around” while they worked together on the 1987 film.
“When we did Lost Boys, Corey said to me, ‘Hey man, let’s mess around,’” Feldman said in the documentary. “I said, ‘What do you mean?’”
Feldman added, “You know, you suck each other’s d***, or you f*** around, you do this stuff,’”
Feldman went on to claim that Haim name-dropped Charlie Sheen during the conversation.
“I said, ‘What are you talking about?’ And he said, ‘Well, Charlie [Sheen] told me it was OK,’” Feldman continued.
From child actor to advocate. Corey Feldman started his career at the age of 3 and went on to speak candidly about his alleged experiences with abuse as a young person in the entertainment industry. “The biggest problem in Hollywood is pedophilia,” the California native told The Guardian in February 2020. In 2013, he released […]
Feldman previously accused Sheen, now 60, of sexually assaulting Haim when they made 1986’s Lucas. Sheen vehemently denied the allegations at the time. Haim, who died aged 38 in 2010, never publicly addressed the accusations against Sheen.
“I called [Haim] and said, ‘Come over.’ But you know, when you have got somebody that’s trying to come onto you sexually, and you don’t want that, and you are a kid, and you are scared,” Feldman said in the doc. “You do whatever you can to stop it from happening, and that’s what was happening. I was being molested by Corey Haim. Truth be told.”
Haim’s mother, Judy Haim, told TMZ on Thursday, December 18 that there was “no way in hell” her late son molested Feldman when he was alive, because he was only interested in women.
“I don’t care if someone is gay, but I am not gay or any of that stuff,” she told the outlet, claiming that her son “was a one-woman man” and was “not into men.”
She added, “Corey Feldman always talks about sex and blames my kid for things that he is not here to defend himself about.”
