This is in asymmetry with his victim, who has had a lifetime of consequences to overcome through no fault of his own. There were basically no longterm consequences for Victor Salva other than his fifteen month stint in jail during which he wrote scripts. It was very calculated, and a long process, as it is with most pedophiles.РІР‚Сњ Nathan Forrest Winters, 2017 interview РІР‚СљHe spent the better part of a year grooming me and my parentsРІР‚В¦Developing the trust. Winters told the public, РІР‚СљPlease donРІР‚в„ўt spend your money on this movieРІР‚В¦It would just go to line the pockets of this child molester.РІР‚Сњ Disney responded to Winters was through a spokesperson who said, РІР‚СљWhatРІР‚в„ўs the point, other than you want to make headlines?РІР‚Сњ When Francis Ford Coppola was asked to comment on SalvaРІР‚в„ўs crimes, he was apathetic, saying РІР‚СљVictor is a talented young director.РІР‚Сњ Nathan Forrest Winters bravely weathered the media shitstorm and condemned those who worked with Salva and supported the film. Officer Joe Kreins of the Concord Police DepartmentР”Р„fter getting out of prison Salva was gifted another chance at his dream career and Disney stepped forward to produce his next work about a troubled teenage boy, Powder (1995). The frustrating part for law enforcement is that you have a convicted molester who is able to be around children and to be in a position of authorityРІР‚В¦It would be very easy for him to abuse his power and authority in that position. He ended up serving just fifteen months of a three year sentence. On the set of Clownhouse, Salva told WintersРІР‚в„ў mother she wasnРІР‚в„ўt allowed on set. Prior to filmmaking he had written childrenРІР‚в„ўs books and worked in a low-income childcare center.

He was convicted of five felonies but given the shortest sentence he was eligible for even though the prosecutor noted that Salva seemed to seek out jobs where he would work with minor boys. When Salva was arrested, he was also found to be possessing child sexual abuse material (child pornography). Salva routinely raped Winters before and during production (Winters says over a period of six years) and even filmed some of the attacks. SalvaРІР‚в„ўs 1988 sexual abuse of a minor conviction was for lead actor of Something in the Basement and Clownhouse, Nathan Forrest Winters, who was 12 at the time. Today, copies of Clownhouse are still difficult to procure. Francis Ford Coppola even let Victor Salva use his Napa Valley home for filming Clownhouse. Eventually public outcry caught up with the people involved and an attempt was made to erase Clownhouse from public view, ceasing distribution of the film. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance that year even though the year prior Salva was convicted of sexually abusing the filmРІР‚в„ўs star. He became pals with Francis Ford Coppola who gave Salva $250,000 and lent his name and talent as producer for the Salva written and directed slasher film ClownhouseР’В (1989). In the 80s Salva made a name for himself in the filmmaking world with a 37-minute horror short called Something in the BasementР’В (1986). Most people know that writer/director Victor Salva was convicted of sexually abusing a minor and possessing child pornography in 1988. Jeepers Creepers is a 2001 horror movie that has a whole lot of creepy going on behind the scenes.

Warning: this article discusses child sexual abuse.

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