Willie Aames & his Dark Past

Willie Aames, who starred with Scott Baio on the sitcom Charles in Charge, admits in his new autobiography that he was sexually abused at age 11 by a man he met on a pier at Huntington Beach.

Disturbingly, the National Enquirer reports that "the sexual abuse went on for a year." The tabloid does not elaborate on how exactly that worked. Willie claims he became an alcoholic by age 12, and was drunk much of the time on his 1977-81 hit show, Eight is Enough.

Willie Aames, who starred with Scott Baio on the sitcom Charles in Charge, admits in his new autobiography that he was sexually abused at age 11 by a man he met on a pier at Huntington Beach.

Disturbingly, the National Enquirer reports that "the sexual abuse went on for a year." The tabloid does not elaborate on how exactly that worked. Willie claims he became an alcoholic by age 12, and was drunk much of the time on his 1977-81 hit show, Eight is Enough.

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