April Price, who was 13 when she faced sexual misconduct from actor Stephen Collins, reflects on the difficulty of speaking out against him. Despite the actor's friendly public image as 'America's dad' on '7th Heaven', Price felt an overwhelming fear of not being believed. She withheld her story until 2014, when allegations against Collins came to light. The docuseries 'Hollywood Demons', premiering March 24, covers Collins’s abusive behavior towards young girls and scrutinizes how society often silences victims due to disbelief and stigma.
"I knew that I wouldn't be believed. I would be accused of looking for money or dragging him down ... It would have been just my word against his."
"If I spoke out before his own word basically damned him, I would have been labeled the gold digger or the attention seeker."
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