'7th Heaven' star Stephen Collins exposed himself to young girls, report says | Fox News
NEW YORK Stephen Collins, who played the beloved father and pastor on the family-friendly series "7th Heaven," has reportedly been caught on tape admitting he molested three young girls.
"There is a formal complaint on file and the incident is being investigated by the Manhattan Special Victims Squad," a New York law enforcement source told FOX411. Collins owned an apartment on New York City's Upper East Side in the 1990s. The property was sold in 1997.
In a tape posted on TMZ, a man who the site claims is Collins is heard telling his therapist and wife about the incidents. TMZ reports Collins wife, Faye Grant, secretly recorded the tape to use in their divorce proceedings.
"I woke up today to learn that an extremely private recording I handed over to the authorities in 2012 per their request in connection with a criminal investigation was recently disseminated to the press," Grant told E! News. "I had no involvement whatsoever with the release of the tape to the media."
The man on the tape is heard recalling a time when he exposed himself to a 10-year-old girl.
There was one instance, where there was one moment of touching, the man says.
NEW YORK Stephen Collins, who played the beloved father and pastor on the family-friendly series "7th Heaven," has reportedly been caught on tape admitting he molested three young girls.
"There is a formal complaint on file and the incident is being investigated by the Manhattan Special Victims Squad," a New York law enforcement source told FOX411. Collins owned an apartment on New York City's Upper East Side in the 1990s. The property was sold in 1997.
In a tape posted on TMZ, a man who the site claims is Collins is heard telling his therapist and wife about the incidents. TMZ reports Collins wife, Faye Grant, secretly recorded the tape to use in their divorce proceedings.
"I woke up today to learn that an extremely private recording I handed over to the authorities in 2012 per their request in connection with a criminal investigation was recently disseminated to the press," Grant told E! News. "I had no involvement whatsoever with the release of the tape to the media."
The man on the tape is heard recalling a time when he exposed himself to a 10-year-old girl.
There was one instance, where there was one moment of touching, the man says.