'7th Heaven' Star Stephen Collins Reportedly Confesses To Child Molestation On Tape (UPDATE)

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Huffington Post

By Stephanie Marcus

TMZ has reportedly obtained audio recording of former "7th Heaven" star Stephen Collins confessing to his estranged wife, actress Faye Grant, that he molested and exposed himself to at least three young girls.

Collins and Grant are in the middle of a long and drawn out divorce, but the actor apparently confessed his crimes during a therapy session that Grant secretly recorded in 2012, according to the website.

An official in the The New York Police Department told TMZ they are now in possession of the tape, and have started an official criminal investigation of the 67-year-old actor for "inappropriate sexual contact with minors." According to the official, there are "at least three victims."

On the tape, the voice TMZ identifies as Collins' is heard saying he molested an 11-year-old relative of his first wife, Marjorie Weinman, several times.

FULL story at link.

UPDATE: Stephen Collins has now been dropped from the film "Ted 2," Entertainment Weekly reports.

UPDATE 3: A rep for SAG/AFTRA confirmed to TMZ that following the release of his confessional tapes, Stephen Collins resigned from his position on the National Board of the Screen Actors Guild.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/07/stephen-collins-child-molestation_n_5944654.html

[Scairp]

1. Shocking

Who would have ever thought he was a scumbag.

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. very shocking. I watched that show (7th heaven) in the early years

[Mike Nelson]

2. I hope his confession is a sign he's going to stop...

...if these people are able to stop.

[Gore1FL]

12. He'll stop

No children in prison.

[yurbud]

32. isn't there a statute of limitations on that stuff? (not that there should be)

If so though, other victims will likely step forward.

[FourScore]

3. Shocking.

But honestly, recording a therapy session is pretty shocking, too. Not on par with child molestation, but still...pretty bad. Maybe Collins was seeking help. Just sayin'.

[Tumbulu]

4. I find this secret taping of therapy to be outrageous

and I am not at all suggesting that his actions were OK. But really- how is this right?

Won't this stop people from seeking help?

[Blue_Tires]

21. +1000

But sadly, stuff like this has happened before, and I've long had a suspicion that even D-list celebrities who visit healthcare professionals are always being secretly recorded, just in case....

Either way, that therapist needs to lose his or her license for allowing that tape to fall in the hands of TMZ...

[Sparhawk60]

28. The Wife Recorded

The wife made the recording, the therapist had nothing to so with it. Never trust a soon to be ex-, they can be nasty in ways you would not believe. Taping a private therapy session is just one example.

[Blue_Tires]

30. She belongs in a cell right next to her hubby, then

(obviously for not as long a sentence, though)

[morningfog]

23. Agreed.

[Little Star]

6. Isn't there something about....

doing no harm to yourself or others that would make the taping ok?

[yurbud]

33. I would think so.

[alarimer]

24. I do too.

Taping your spouse during a therapy session in order to get the goods on him to use in court is unconscionable, in my opinion.

I don't know if, possibly, she had some idea he had done this and so was looking for proof. That's the most charitable explanation.

But, yeah, it is crappy.

[csziggy]

5. What are the rules about mandatory reporting of molestation?

Aside from the issue of secretly recording a therapy session, which I consider completely unacceptable, are therapists required to report when child molestation is brought up?

I know from reading that teachers, doctors and some other professionals are required to report when they see evidence of molestation to a child. Is the same true when a patient self reports doing it to children?

[wheniwasincongress]

7. why didn't his therapist or wife report this?

Therapist especially - are they not required by law to report it?

[Omaha Steve]

14. Isn't the therapist privilege the same as a lawyer?

IF the wife didn't report this ASAP, is she guilty of a crime?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

18. Police say they received the tapes in 2012

Grant says she turned them over to authorities, but denies she's the one who leaked them media this week.

[candelista]

20. Only to prevent a crime.

[Mister Nightowl]

8. I dunno

Mediaite is reporting Collins and Grant as having a nasty, prolonged divorce, and anything which occurs during such proceedings is automatically suspicious to me.

[wheniwasincongress]

9. There's audio recording

available for anyone on the internet to listen to - where he describes what happened and what he did and with which various girls and when.

[Mister Nightowl]

10. Yes, but

my understanding is that it has yet to be verified; maybe it isnt Collins at all.

[Exultant Democracy]

27. Sure, but it does sound exactly like him and many of are very familiar with his voice.

If he wasn't guilty he would have released a statement rather then resigning from the board of SAG. He is acting like a guilty person would. At least he seems ashamed of himself, little good that does for his victims.

[Tom Ripley]

11. Sounds like a particularly ugly divorce

[Exultant Democracy]

26. Oops replied to the wrong post

[Doctor_J]

13. Whoa. Didn't see that coming

HIs public persona is that of a smart, handsome, erudite, hard-working, liberal artist (actor, musician, author) in a strong enduring marriage.

I guess you never know.

[nirvana555]

15. Being a former teacher and having gone to therapy, the therapist and/or teacher are required

to report such acts. A past therapist told me at the beginning of our first session that she is required by law to report inappropriate behavior with children and plans of harming others ( I'm not sure about plans of suicide). When I taught elementary school, I was required to sign paperwork for the same offenses. I am shocked if this is true. But I read that he's already been fired from a small part he had in the sequel to the movie "Ted".....

[calimary]

16. Aw man...

Well, he's finished. Damn. I liked him. Really liked his work in the first "Star Trek" movie, too. Very nice and personable in interview settings, too.

Shit. Why?!?!?!!?? What ON EARTH was he thinking??!?!?!?!?!?!????!!!!!??? Those poor kids...

[Omaha Steve]

17. Tales of the Gold Monkey

http://www.tv.com/shows/tales-of-the-gold-monkey/




The adventures of seaplane pilot and soldier of fortune Jake Cutter in the South Pacific of 1938. Jake, a former Flying Tigers pilot, made his home on the island of Boragora along with his one-eyed dog Jack and his mechanic Corky. Other companions were Bon Chance Louie, the local magistrate and owner of the Monkey Bar hangout, Sarah Stickney White, the bar's singer who was actually an American spy, and Dutch minister Willie Tenboom who was actually a German spy. Rounding out the cast of schemers was Princess Kogi, ruler of the nearby island of Matuka, and the samurai warrior Todo who commanded her private army.

MORE at link.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

19. pretty good show for 80s network TV

and Grant was one of the stars of the sci-fi miniseries "V," where she played Julie, the resistance leader.

[Tom_Foolery]

35. She was also part of "The Greatest American Hero" cast for one season. n/t

[hughee99]

31. I used to watch it when it when I was little.

I just read the wiki, and found it funny that he was a "former flying tiger" in 1938. Oh well, a little creative license never hurt.

[Exultant Democracy]

25. Poor sick bastard. I hope his victims get the help they need and restitution.

I also hope he gets some help and a long stay in a place where children are safe from him, far to charming and sick to be left to his own devices.

[DonCoquixote]

29. Two unthinkable things

First, Paedos deserve nothign but short shrift. Unlike Murderers, Theives, Pushers and others, their crimes always repeat, because they are mentally ill. Think of all the pedo priests that were moved across the country, only to do it again.

However, in spite of this, the idea that we are going to tape Therapy sessions should not be tolerated either. We have a bad enough crisis in this county; people are afraid to seek mental help because of stigma, and instead they go off to the gun range to practice their "second amendment rights." Also, while it is easy to say "well this is just a divorce case", it would be wrong. If you think that the NSA laywers are not drooling at the idea of using "precedent" to get to chew through patient/doctor priviledge, I have some fine swamp to sell you. Give them an inch, they take a whole football field worth of yards!

[Archae]

34. Cripes, I remember him best from the first "Star Trek" movie