Here we go! The children who were abused are starting to speak out. Alexander Polinsky is tweeting about his experiences on the set of CHARLES IN CHARGE.
He's reaching out to Scott Baio. Scott was a cast mate. Scott was also targeted by Erin Moran of HAPPY DAYS as someone she wanted to talk to. What did Scott witness? Think we'd all like to know.
https://twitter.com/Alex_Polinsky/status/937701663791443968?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
For 30 years I’ve held in the embarrassment and shame of being abused daily on the set of Charles in Charge. I had to watch other children be abused as well. It was devastating, destroyed me personally and made me an angry person for many years. I’m not embarrassed anymore. RT!
=============
https://twitter.com/Alex_Polinsky/status/937257525191127042
I‘m trying to contact former castmate @ScottBaio and I am having no luck. I want to speak with him about the abuse I suffered and witnessed on the set of Charles in Charge. Physical, mental, verbal & sexual abuse. Please retweet this with maximum effort.
==========
https://twitter.com/Alex_Polinsky/status/937924551320543233
My abuser thought he was above the law, above morality and beyond judgment. To the quiet ones, the shy ones, the different, the unique ones, and you too. Fuck the pedos, the abusers and the sleazy womanizers... We are in charge now.
===========
Who is Alexander Polinsky referring to? Have no idea, but here's the page link to the show on IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086681/fullcredits and Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_in_Charge
Executive producer(s)
Al Burton
Co-executive producers:
Jane Startz
Michael Jacobs (seasons 2–4)
Producer(s)
Michael Jacobs
(season 1)
Roseanne Leto (pilot)
Mitchell Bank
Todd E. Kessler (seasons 2–4)
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s)
Al Burton Productions
Scholastic Productions
Universal Television
Distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution (2004–present)
The Program Exchange (1998–2008)
view the rest of the comments →
millennial_vulcan ago
Libs gonna jump on this cause its Trump lovin' Scott Biao
Readthesymbols ago
Scott Biao was likely targeted for abuse and not an abuser. I grew up liking the movie Bugsy Malone in which he stared. Now that I look back at a cast of children looking and acting like adults.... I certainly hope there were safeguards and watchdogs on that set to protect all those children.
ASolo ago
Its a psychiatric maxim that the abused quite often, not always, become an abuser, and that is not limited to actual criminal abuse of another, that includes verbal and relationship abuse and self-harm (drug use;pornography). The factors that align for Mr. Baio since his childhood make it highly unlikely he escaped abuse, and since his career has taken him where it has and he has of yet not mentioned anything of the sort then I guess, like many and most 'artists' staying silent for the sake of the 'industry' and 'art', and otherwise being very vocal about politics, things are gonna just stay the same.
Readthesymbols ago
Agreed that a percentage of the abused become abusers. However, because his past cast members who were abused looked to him for support and seemed to think kindly of him, I doubt he was ever an abuser. He seems also to be one of the black sheep in Hollywood. What I mean is, there are those who go against the grain in Hollywood like Tim Allen, Charles Heston, Greg Kinnear etc. who are marginalized because they don't go along. Scott Baio is one of those odd ones out.
Oh_Well_ian ago
lie down with dogs
wake up with fleas