Yahoo Lifestyle Stephen Collins Told Wife About Incestuous Impulses Before Daughter's Birth
Stephen Collins and his ex-wife, Faye Grant, during happier times, with their only daughter, Kate Collins, in 2007
Several years before he was investigated for child molestation, Stephen Collins allegedly told his wife Faye Grant he was thankful they didn't have a son because he wouldn't be able to control his incestuous fantasies if they did.
In a 2013 e-mail to the 7th Heaven star obtained by TMZ, Collins' estranged wife recalled a horrifying remark he made about his lewd sexual desires prior to their daughter's birth.
"The comment you made just before I gave birth to our daughter when you said you hoped we didn't have a little boy, because 'you just didn't know if you could keep his little penis out of your mouth,' was indication enough that you were sick," Faye Grant allegedly wrote, TMZ reports. "I should have followed my gut then, and then again 14 years ago, and kicked your ass to the curb," she continues.
Sources close to Collins dismissed the email - and his vulgar comment - as "absolutely untrue."
Stephen Collins and his 7th Heaven family. Photo: supplied
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New York and California police launched an investigation into Collins after they reviewed a tape in which the actor confesses he molested a New York girl in 1972 and later exposed himself to two other victims. The alleged attacks were on girls between the ages of 10 and 14, he said.
After his confession, Collins saw a "sexual dysfunction therapist" for sex addiction, but he never sought help specifically for his "predilection towards children," Grant wrote in the document, saying she was concerned about the health and safety of those around him.
"I am particularly afraid of what may happen if he does not seek treatment because he may be working or interacting with children in connection to his employment," she wrote, adding that she believed there were more victims than the three Collins' confessed to abusing.
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Collins' attorney accused Grant of blackmail Tuesday and claimed she has been threatening to release the tape for years. "It appears that she has finally found an audience for this tape - not surprisingly, on the eve of the trial in the divorce case where, again, she is seeking millions of dollars more than that to which she is legally entitled," Mark Vincent Kaplan told TMZ.
Grant denies blackmail, telling the press: "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. I had no involvement whatsoever with the release of the tape to the media."
Collins and Grant separated a month after the January 2012 therapy session, but their divorce has yet to be finalised. According to TMZ, there is $14 million at stake in the divorce.
