Yesterday, it was revealed that actor Stephen Collins admitted to child molestation, and multiple instances of it to boot, in tapes recorded by his therapist.
His former wife, and what she knows about these acts, has become one of the biggest mysteries at the center of a bombshell case no one saw coming.
Collins alleges that his ex-wife Faye Grant leaked the tapes.
Though she denies any involvement in the release of the shocking audio, Grant admits she was aware of her estranged husband’s history of sex crimes.
Entertainment Tonight has obtained court documents in which Collins’ wife of 27 years (they split two years ago) speaks about his criminal past.
In the papers, she reportedly reveals that she believes the well-liked 7th Heaven actor may have been engaging in inappropriate behavior for decades.
“I believe that Stephen used his celebrity status to engender the trust of the families of the children he molested,” Grant said of Collins back in 2012.
“I further believe that there have been other victims,” she adds, even though “he has thus far only confessed to those three girls.”
Grant goes on to say that she “never witnessed anything first hand,” but that Collins confessed to having sexual relations with three girls ranging in age from 10 to 14.
The actor’s former spouse says that following his astonishing confession, she reported his crimes to police in both New York and Los Angeles.
It is not known why Collins was never arrested in that case.
Collins has stepped down from his role on the national board of the Screen Actors Guild and been fired from Ted 2 in the last 48 hours since the story broke.
A police investigation is currently underway, and Collins, who was the subject of a false suicide report last night, might be taken into custody as early as today.
