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Oscar-winning actress Sally Field is opening up about being sexually abused and her past dysfunctional relationships for the first time in her upcoming memoir, In Pieces. The “Gidget” star writes that as a child she was sexually abused by her stepfather, Jock Mahoney, until she was 14.
Sep 11, 2018 · The actress reveals in her new book, In Pieces, that Mahoney, an actor and stuntman, sexually abused her when she was 14. She also recounts other instances of harassment and assault by men in Hollywood, and her complicated relationship with Burt Reynolds.
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Sally’s mother, Margaret Field, briefly an actress in Hollywood, married the stuntman/B actor Jock (“Jocko”) Mahoney when Sally was 4. He could be both a charmer and a bully. When she was about 7, her mother, on her way to make breakfast, would tell Sally that Jocko wanted her to go into their bedroom to walk on his back. He would be lying face dow...
In the summer of 1964, Field discovered she was pregnant. (She implies the father was an unnamed boy she met after graduation.) Her stepfather Jocko stepped in (“I couldn’t stand his imperceptible note of triumph”) and arranged a Tijuana abortion; she was driven there with her mother by a family friend named Dr. Duke, who soon reappears in her stor...
At a social gathering in 2005, director Steven Spielberg told Field he'd bought the rights to Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals” and wanted her to play Mary Todd Lincoln. “To portray the much-maligned, mentally challenged Mrs. Lincoln in a film directed by one of the most creative filmmakers who has ever lived was an opportunity I felt with ev...
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Photo / Getty Images. Sally Field has opened up about how she was sexually abused for years as a child by her stepfather and had a secret abortion at 17. In an interview with the New York...
In her 2018 memoir, In Pieces, Sally Field wrote that Mahoney subjected her to sexual abuse throughout her childhood, up to the age 14. [1] Mahoney's daughter, Princess O'Mahoney, later became a television and film assistant director.
Oct 18, 2018 · In \"In Pieces\", the actress writes about the sexual and emotional abuse she suffered at the hands of the stuntman and actor, who died in 1989. She also shares how she found healing and understanding in a relationship with Steve, who helped her face her feelings.
Sep 12, 2018 · The actress writes in \"In Pieces\" that Mahoney, an actor and stuntman, sexually abused her as a child and she kept it a secret for decades. She also recounts other instances of harassment and misconduct in Hollywood and her relationship with Burt Reynolds.
