“Top Gun” star Anthony Edwards wrote an emotional essay Friday revealing producer Gary Goddard molested him “for years.”
Edwards, 55, who was best known for playing Goose in the 1986 action-drama and Dr. Mark Greene on “ER,” wrote in an essay for Medium that he was molested by Goddard and his best friend was raped by the producer when they were young.
“I was molested by Goddard, my best friend was raped by him – and this went on for years. The group of us, the gang, stayed quiet,” Edwards wrote.
In the essay, titled “Yes Mom, There is Something Wrong,” Edwards described meeting Goddard when he was 12 years old and considered him a “mentor, teacher, friend and sick father figure.”
“Pedophiles prey on the weak. My father, who suffered from undiagnosed PTSD from WWII, was not emotionally available. Everyone has the need to bond, and I was no exception. My vulnerability was exploited,” Edwards wrote.
Edwards said he never told his mother about Goddard although she confronted the “ER” actor when he was 14 years old to ask him if the producer was pedophile. Edwards denied the rumors she heard about Goddard.
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