TORONTO (CANADA)
Global News
Oct. 17, 2019
By Katie Scott
Corey Feldman is celebrating a new California law that gives victims of childhood sexual abuse more time to sue their abusers.
“It was a great day,” Feldman told Radar after Gov. Gavin Newsom approved the law on Sunday.
The law gives victims until age 40, up from age 26, to file lawsuits. It also gives victims of all ages three years to sue, starting Jan. 1.
“The most important part is it creates a three-year lookback window. For the next three years, people are able to bring cases forward that happened prior to 2017,” Feldman told the outlet.
Feldman has publicly stated that he was a victim of sexual abuse as a child.
“I’m able to bring my abusers to justice” thanks to the law, he said. “I can take them to court. I can at least get a civil trial going.”
Feldman filed a report with Los Angeles police in early November 2017 after publicly naming some of his alleged abusers while appearing on The Dr. Oz Show.
The LAPD previously said that it dropped its investigation into Feldman’s claims that a pedophile ring had been victimizing young actors in Hollywood because too much time had passed since the alleged incidents.
“They’re going to have to listen now,” Feldman said to Radar. “They can’t say this is beyond the statue. Now they can’t say that anymore.”
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