„Little House on the Prairie“ actress Alison Arngrim warns how Hollywood is a hot spot for child sexual abuse.
Alison Arngrim was 48 years old when she publicly revealed she was sexually abused by a family member starting at age 6.
It was 2004 when the actress, who played mean girl Nellie Oleson in “Little House on the Prairie,” first told her story to Larry King.
She described how appearing in the hit TV series saved her sanity in her 2011 memoir “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch.”
The star has become an advocate for child sex abuse victims, but her work is far from done, she insisted.
Arngrim is the president of the National Association to Protect Children, a nonprofit that aims to give children a legal and political voice in “the war against child abuse.”
Arngrim wants to combat predators who seek places where children can be found unsupervised.
Places like Hollywood continue to be a hot spot, she said.
“Hollywood still has a sex abuse problem,” Arngrim told Fox News Digital. “Whenever you have an environment where there are lots of children … there’s going to be predators. There’s going to be someone who wants a job where they have unfettered access to young children all day. And the more that job involves completely unsupervised access to children, the more attractive that job is going to be.”
“We have lots of people who have sacrificed their whole lives to help children,” Arngrim shared. “But, sadly, there are others who aren’t that way.”
According to the organization’s website, it has worked in Congress and in over 27 states to craft legislation that leads to stronger, tougher laws that combat child exploitation.
“There’s a lot to do,” said Arngrim. “We all think if someone gets arrested for child molestation, sexual abuse, they will go to jail, and they will be on a sex offender’s list. But that’s not always the case. There are cases where they are let go, which is bonkers.
“We are looking for those loopholes in many states to help protect children. … If you’re in a state that doesn’t have specific rules and laws on set, especially for working children [in the entertainment industry], that’s a problem.
