Actions of the Elite Stephen Collins is a successful actor known for his television roles, notably as the father on 7th Heaven, a hit show lasting eleven seasons. During divorce proceedings, from his wife Faye Grant, Stephen Collins admitted to exposing himself to underage girls. The couple went to a therapist where she confronts him with a series of questions about his actions. He answers her questions with specifics of the crimes and details of the victims (Couric, 2014). What Stephen Collins did not realise at the time was that his wife was secretly taping their conversation at the therapists that day. Under California law it is permitted to record someone without their consent for the purpose of gathering evidence, if that person is suspected of committing a violent felony, of which molesting a child under the age of fourteen applies. …show more content…
On the audio tape Collins states that, “I put her hand on my penis” (TMZ, 2015), when discussing the actions taken with the ten-year-old sister of his ex-wife. April Price, another victim, was only thirteen, vacationing at her aunt’s house in Los Angeles, when Collins, then thirty-five years old, exposed himself to her. Price revealed in an interview, (2015), that the incidences affected her personality and her ability to be intimate for many years afterwards. “I was 13 and hadn’t even a boy. This was something I was not even remotely prepared for in my life and I shut down” (Naff,