text: In his private journal, Jason Michael Handy once described himself as a "pedophile, full blown."Handy snapped more than 1,000 photos of girls at the elementary school across the street from his house, using a camera with a telephoto lens, according to court documents. He volunteered at a Malibu church, where he worked with 6-year-olds. And his job as a production assistant at one of the nation's most prominent producers of children's television programs, Nickelodeon , gave him access to child actors on and off the set, and allowed him to exchange email addresses and phone numbers with them.He used the hopes of at least two girls who dreamed of careers in TV to sexually exploit them.Handy was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading no contest in 2004 to two felony counts, one of lewd acts on a child and one of distributing sexually explicit material by email, and to a misdemeanor charge related to child sexual exploitation. His arrest and prosecution received scant media attention at the time but are attracting renewed interest now, after the recent arrest of a talent manager on molestation charges and reports by The Times that a registered sex offender was working with children as a casting associate.The Handy case, which in part prompted Nickelodeon to toughen its background checks for all employees, is among at least a dozen child molestation and child pornography prosecutions since 2000 involving actors, managers, production assistants and others in the industry,according to court documents and published accounts.Advocates and professionals who work with victims of child sexual abuse say predators exploit the glittery lure of Hollywood to prey on aspiring actors or models. They assert that the problem is more widespread than the industry is willing to acknowledge and have called for tougher laws and better screening of those who represent or work with children."Unlike other settings, such as Little League, Scouts, day care and school volunteers, where adults who have unsupervised access to children are required to comply with fingerprinting requirements, there are no such standards in the entertainment industry," said Paula Dorn, co-founder of the BizParentz Foundation, a nonprofit group for families of child actors.The most recent case involves Martin Weiss, a longtime talent manager who specialized in representing young actors. He was arrested Nov. 29 and charged with eight felonies stemming from his alleged abuse of a boy who came to him for help in pursuing a music career. He is being held on $800,000 bail.Weiss' arrest came within weeks of a report that a man who was convicted of child molestation and abduction 15 years ago had been helping to cast young actors in major Hollywood films, using a different name than the one listed in the sex offender registry . Jason James Murphy, 35, faces felony charges of failing to file name and address changes with authorities.The recent arrests prompted a bill, expected to be filed this month with the California Assembly, that would require licensing and criminal background checks for those who work with actors under age 16. It would prohibit registered sex offenders from serving as child managers, photographers, career counselors or publicists."Under the existing law, talent agents are regulated; however, casting directors, managers and photographers are not. This loophole makes it very easy for a predator to gain access to children working within the entertainment industry," said the bill's sponsor, Assemblywoman Nora Campos (D-San Jose).Experts say addressing the problem is overdue."This is just like the Catholic Church pretending that priests never molested people in the past," said Dr. Daniel D. Broughton, a pediatrician at the Mayo Clinic and expert on child sexual abuse. "What's surprising to me is why it hasn't come out even stronger and sooner."Some instances of child sexual exploitation have received considerable attention, such as the one involving Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski , who pleaded guilty in 1977 to having sex with a 13-year-old girl but fled to Europe before sentencing.A number of other cases involve lesser-known assailants employed at all levels of the industry — from the set tutor in Vancouver, Canada, who worked on nearly 50 films and was convicted of child sexual assault to the acting coach from Georgia who contacted an 11-year-old girl over the Internet and enticed the aspiring actress and her sibling to meet him in Los Angeles, where he molested the girl.Some of the cases illustrate how a more rigorous screening process could have detected adults who posed a danger to young actors.The Los Angeles Police Department had been monitoring child manager Bob Villard even before 1987, when he was among nine people indicted by a federal grand jury in New Jersey on charges of transporting child pornography, according to published accounts. He was convicted but, upon appeal, the charges against him fell apart becauseprosecutors had been unable to produce the sexually explicit images at trial.Villard was again accused of child pornography in 2001, after searches of his home uncovered thousands of photographs of boys in skimpy bathing suits posed in sexually suggestive positions, police said. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to three years of probation.Throughout this period, Villard touted his work with aspiring young actors, some of whom would later become major Hollywood stars — among them Tobey Maguire Leonardo DiCaprio and Danny Nucci . Villard boasted on a company website that as a manager he had "guided the careers of dozens of successful film and television actors." ||||| DANCING on Ice’s Corey Feldman has lifted the lid on paedophile assaults he endured as a young actor — and told how he plans to sensationally name two Hollywood perverts responsible. 
   
   Corey — star of 80s classics The Goonies, Stand By Me and The Lost Boys — said the men often preyed on him. 
   
   In an exclusive interview with The Sun, he added: “When I was 14 and 15 things were happening to me. These older men were leching around like vultures. 
   
   “It was basically me laying there pretending I was asleep and them going about their business. 
   
   “I will write a book — I will put all the information forward.” 
   
   Corey, 40, decided on the brave step after Lost Boys co-star and fellow victim Corey Haim died and a talent agent was charged with unrelated child abuse. 
   
   Corey said Haim, 38, was also abused and added: “There are people who have got away with it for so long they think they are above the law — that’s got to stop.” 
   
   Child star ... Corey Feldman with Corey Haim (centre) in The Lost Boys 
   
   He is convinced Hollywood deliberately snubbed Haim by failing to feature a tribute to him at the 2011 Oscars, despite saluting other stars and movers and shakers who died that year. 
   
   He said: “Corey died from heart failure and pneumonia. It was put out that he was a junkie and worthless to society. They went as far as to snub him at the Academy Awards. 
   
   “What, because he did drugs in his life? Who cares? Everybody does drugs. How selfish and narrow minded. 
   
   “The question is why had he been brushed under the carpet? Why do people make us out to be dumb and belittle us? 
   
   “Even today people say about me, ‘80s heart-throb — hasn’t done anything since’. The truth is I haven’t stopped. Last year I did four films. 
   
   “Corey and I were pegged as the scapegoats. Enough is enough. People need to know the reason Corey and I were swept under the carpet like the beaten dogs that were sent to the pound so no one had to deal with us anymore.” 
   
   Famous role ... Corey in 80s cult film The Goonies 
   
   Feldman — who has not touched drugs for 20 years — first spoke out on US TV last summer. He believes that led to an unnamed 18-year-old former child actor claiming he had been abused by talent agent Martin Weiss, 47. 
   
   Corey said: “I stood up and said there is a bigger problem, that I’d lost Corey and that I didn’t want to see any more kids lost to these sick perverts. 
   
   “Once I said that, it evoked this huge wave of people suddenly opening their eyes — and that’s when this kid had the courage to come forward and talk to police. 
   
   “I’d like to get in touch with the kid. I want him to know he’s not alone and he has my support.” 
   
   Early career .... Corey (left) in Stand By Me 
   
   Corey says Weiss — who has been arrested but denies any offence — is not one of the men who molested him. However, he added: “I have already spoken to the detective in the Weiss case and I imagine I will continue helping.” 
   
   He named in our interview another star who he said had spoken to police, but The Sun cannot identify them for legal reasons. 
   
   Corey knows that vowing to name his own attackers could come with dangers. He has a seven-year-old son Zen and said: “What it’s about now is protecting my child. When you open a can of worms people are going to be in fear and they are going to want to take revenge. So you have to be careful. 
   
   “I look for the safety of my child. I don’t really care about me. I’ve lived a decent life so if anything happened to me...” 
   
   Starring role ... Corey in The 'Burbs 
   
   As well as Haim, Corey also lost his once close pal Michael Jackson. They had stopped speaking after an argument on the day before the 9/11 terror attacks. 
   
   Corey said: “There was no more relationship — but when you’re friends with someone for 18 years and then you have a giant spat and then one day they are gone, you have to feel something.” 
   
   Corey’s second marriage ended in 2009 and has since made the most of his single status — including spending New Year’s Eve at the Playboy Mansion. 
   
   Chat ... Corey meets Sun TV Editor Colin Robertson 
   
   He said: “I love beautiful women and I get loads of them. I’m very grateful for that and I appreciate them. 
   
   “For my birthday party in Vegas I brought a bus with a stripper pole and 20 girls in it up from Los Angeles. Once we got to Vegas there were 20 more to meet us and that was the party.” 
   
   He went on: “Sex is about romance and passion for me. I’d rather go out for a romantic meal or sit at home and cuddle in front of a movie. 
   
   “But I’m not giving my heart to any one person at the moment so that I won’t get it trampled on.” 
   
   Dancing on Ice starts at 6.30pm tomorrow on ITV1. 
   
   c.robertson@the-sun.co.uk 
   
   
   
   
   
   Corey: I'm hot for Jorgie Porter 
   
   
   
   
   
   LADIES’ man Corey Feldman has turned his eye to one of his fellow Dancing on Ice stars — Hollyoaks stunner Jorgie Porter. 
   
   Corey said: “Jorgie is cute. When I first met her my jaw dropped on the floor. I watched her in awe. She is so gorgeous and a stunning girl.” 
   
   'Stunning' ... Dancing on Ice skater Jorgie Porter 
   
   Laughing, he said he hoped he would be in the show long enough to make his move on the 24-year-old. He added: “I’m here to win of course, but it’s a fun idea to learn a new skill. I think my fans will enjoy me being in the show. I want to create magic. 
   
   "I want to do things on the ice that have never been done before. I’m also a singer and I want my own song to perform to.”
target: – A vampire hunter on The Lost Boys is now after Hollywood pedophiles. Former child actor Corey Feldman, a star of Stand By Me and The Goonies, has vowed to reveal the names of two Hollywood figures who abused him when he was 14. "These older men were leching around like vultures," Feldman told The Sun. "There are people who have got away with it for so long they think they are above the law. That's got to stop." Feldman and Lost Boys co-star Corey Haim hinted at their abuse on the reality television show The Two Coreys. Haim, who struggled with a drug problem, died of heart disease and pneumonia last year at the age of 38. Feldman has continued speaking out about child abuse in Hollywood since Haim's death. "I stood up and said there is a bigger problem, that I'd lost Corey and that I didn't want to see any more kids lost to these sick perverts," said Feldman. The actor's exposure threat comes as a host of pedophile cases have rocked Hollywood. At least a dozen actors, managers, production assistants, and others have been prosecuted for child abuse on the job in Hollywood since 2000, reports the Los Angeles Times.