Elijah Wood denounces pedophilia scandal in Hollywood – Daily News – Lisbon

The actor speaks in a sexual abuse scandal to minors in Hollywood, similar to the case of Jimmy Savile

Elijah Wood says there is a scandal of sexual abuse of children in Hollywood about to burst, which compared to the case of Jimmy Savile, the popular presenter of BBC accused of abusing 72 victims, many of them minors, during its four decades of work in public station.

in an interview with Sunday Times , the actor of 35 years, who started working as a child, said that pedophiles within the industry have been protected by powerful figures Hollywood and adds that this is an organized scheme.

the actor also says that his mother was able to protect from such abuses when it came to Hollywood with only three years. “You [British] grew up with Savile. That must have been devastating. Clearly something very serious was happening in Hollywood. It was all well organized. The shady paths that I have been exposed to lead me to believe that these abuses are probably still the happen. “, says the protagonist of the saga Lord of the Rings

Wood added:” There are many vipers in the Hollywood industry, people who only look to their interests if. you are innocent, if you have little knowledge about the world and want to be successful, people with parasitic interests will look to you as their prey. what saddens me in these cases is that the victims can not speak louder than those in power “, says the actor.

the Telegraph , Anne Henry, the co-founder of Bizparents organization that supports smaller actors, says that currently is monitoring 100 cases sexual abuse in the industry and that a “tsunami” of complaints is on the way.