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Judgejewdy ago

I thought it might have been Schumacher until i did a little digging. Apparently in feldman's book it sounds as though the person he holds responsible (?) Did this to haim at a very young age, well before the two met. On lost boys, haim was already bisexual and looking for random hookups. So that leaves out Schumacherer.

Though here's an interesting bit. How much you wanna bet this is Harvey: "So Feldman reluctantly suggested a man who is called "Tony Burnham" (not his real name) in the book. According to Feldman, he knew that Burnham (whom he describes as overwieight and unatractive) had a crush on Haim, and so the meeting was arranged. Feldman says he tried to convince Haim not to get sexually involved with Burnham and to find someone else to have sex with, but Haim insisted because he told Feldman that it would be "a favor" to Haim if Feldman arranged the hookup. After that encounter, Burnham began to treat Haim as his "boyfriend," according to Feldman."

http://www.gossiprocks.com/forum/latest-gossip/228780-corey-feldman-details-abuse-corey-haims-bisexuality-coreyography-memoir.html

SoberSecondThought ago

No, it almost certainly was not Harvey Weinstein.

In 1984-85, Weinstein was making his first feature film, Playing For Keeps, which he co-wrote with his brother. He assaulted a woman on the crew. (See the Chicago Tribune article explaining all this.) There's nothing connecting him to Feldman in those years, or to boys at any time. He was barely a producer at that point and never was an actor.

Feldman says Haim pestered him for sex when they were both working on The Lost Boys in 1986. That was Feldman's very next movie gig after shooting Stand By Me in 1985. Read the section in Wikipedia describing how Reiner cast the four main characters on that film.

Reiner chose Feldman for the role of Teddy knowing specifically that Feldman was being abused by his parents, and was angry and miserable. He groomed him for that role. He may have groomed him for other things as well.