Actor Stephen Collins, perhaps best known as the pastor and father in “7th Heaven,” allegedly confessed in a secretly recorded conversation made public Tuesday that he had molested or exposed himself to children, and New York police confirmed they were investigating.
Actor Stephen Collins is shown attending the Los Angeles premiere of “The Three Stooges” on April 7, 2012, in Hollywood. (Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
Hours after the recording was posted by celebrity news website TMZ.com early Tuesday, Collins was axed from the movie “Ted 2,” in which he had a small role, Entertainment Weekly reported.
Collins also resigned Tuesday from his role on the National Board of the SAG-AFTRA, the powerful entertainers’ union, TMZ reported. Collins was not named on the union’s online list of board members.
Then, UP TV network announced it was pulling “7th Heaven,” which originally ran on The WB and CW from 1997 to 2006, from its programming schedule.
The 3 1/2-minute recording is of a conversation between Collins, his wife Faye Grant and an unnamed therapist over incidents in New York and Los Angeles, according to TMZ.
In the recording, which KTLA has not independently authenticated, Collins discusses exposing himself to three girls in three incidents when they were between the ages of 11 and 13.
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