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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

That's a seriously bold claim that you don't bother to support at all and just take as common knowledge. After doing a few minutes of searching: what the absolute fuck are you even talking about?

Genuinely the most I can find are a small handful of trashy outlets like The Sun (at the least trashy) talking about a baseless Twitter accusation against Bob Saget after his death and then – even as trashy as they are – unanimously arriving at the conclusion that Saget unequivocally did nothing to them. (To that end, I can't even find anything about Saget having ever interacted with Epstein, so there's a baseless, nonsense Twitter accusation – only discussed by the trashiest outlets who have every incentive to imply that it's true for clicks but instead deny it completely – about a man with no connection to Epstein.)

No names, no sources (probably because there's jack shit), no anything, so what exactly the fuck are you basing "most likely" on?

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It needn’t be a conspiracy for it to be harmful. I remember a creepy countdown timer for when they (and others) turned 18. The projection of that, and the pressure to retain their childhood traits for profitability, can fuck someone up.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Yeah, no, I totally agree that sexualization by the public when they were underage (even as adults) probably took a psychological toll, as it probably does on a lot of teen stars (and IIRC it was quite bad with Mary-Kate & Ashley).

That is a completely different statement from "they were most likely molested by some of Epstein's Hollywood buddies".

I don't think we even need to go that far. They were almost constantly making those direct to VHS movies and such they churned out in huge numbers, and I don't think it was easy on them. I'm convinced they were overworked as children.