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The “Gidget” star writes that as a child she was sexually abused by her stepfather, Jock Mahoney, until she was 14. Field spoke to The New York Times about her book, scheduled for a Sept. 18 U.S. release by Grand Central Publishing, in which she details sexual harassment and her relationships.
Sep 11, 2018 · The two-time Oscar-winning actress, 71, spoke with the New York Times recently about the revelations of the book, including a shocking allegation about her stepfather, actor and stuntman Jock...
- Her Stepfather Sexually Abused Her
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- Determined to Be Mrs. Lincoln
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...
- USA TODAY Books Editor
Sep 12, 2018 · Actress and director Sally Field has bared it all in her new memoir, touching on everything from her relationship with Hollywood icon Burt Reynolds to the sexual abuse she suffered as a child at the hands of her stepfather, actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney.
- Sharon Lynn Pruitt
Sep 11, 2018 · Actress Sally Field opened up about her history with sexual abuse in her new memoir, writing that her stepfather, Jock “Jocko” Mahoney, abused her until she was 14 years old.
Sep 11, 2018 · In her new memoir, In Pieces, the Steel Magnolias star revealed that she was repeatedly molested by her stepfather, Jocko, also known as late film stuntman, Jock Mahoney. Growing up, Field said Jocko would bark orders at her, even outside in public.
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 Times, ahead of the release...
