Harvey Keitel accuses James Olmos of child molestation
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NEW YORK POST - PAGE SIX
By RICHARD JOHNSON with JEANE MacINTOSH and SEAN GANNON
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KEITEL VS. OLMOS GETS UGLIER STILL
TOUGH-guy screen star Harvey Keitel - terrified his young daughter may be
molested - yesterday demanded her stepdad, actor Edward James Olmos,
respond to accusations he sexually abused a Florida girl.
"He has to answer for this," Keitel fumed outside a Brooklyn courthouse.
Keitel's open challenge is the latest jab in a knock-down, drag-out custody
war with ex-wife Lorraine Bracco, who starred in "GoodFellas" and "Medicine
Man."
Bracco's divorce from Keitel and subsequent marriage to Olmos set the stage
for a nasty battle for custody of their daughter, Stella, 12. Keitel's
lawyers say Olmos was accused of groping and fondling a 14-year-old girl in
Florida on two separate occasions in 1992, then paid the girl's family
$150,000 in hush money, reports The Post's Devlin Barrett.
Olmos "puts himself off to be a children's rights activist," said Keitel,
referring to the Mexican-American actor's volunteer work tokeep kids out of
gangs. He was also named UNICEF's Children's Ambassador in 1994.
"I call upon him to come forward, and tell these children and their parents
which of these rights he advocates," Keitel said.
"Does he advocate that if they are molested by an adult, to keep silent
about it? Does he advocate that an adult should pay money if they are
believed to have molested a child?
"To me, any adult has a responsibility, if they are alleged to have
committed such a heinous act, to step forward."
The "Reservoir Dogs" star's lawyers were appearing before an appellate
court to argue that the daughter should be taken away from Bracco and
Olmos.
After hearing the accusations against Olmos, a Rockland County judge ruled
last year that Stella could live with Bracco and Olmos, but she could never
be alone in a room with her stepfather.
The judge in that case also ordered Keitelnever to speak with his daughter
about the abuse allegations.
Daniel Kornstein, Keitel's lawyer, argued yesterday that those conditions
have placed the girl in serious danger.
"She is approaching the time when she is in the zone for Mr. Olmos, in the
grip of whatever it is that moves him, to do that kind of behavior,"
Kornstein told the four-judge panel.
Judge Gloria Goldstein appeared to agree: "The record clearly shows there
is a risk ... and the risk is high."
But she also faulted Keitel for his pit-bull tenacity. "There's no question
he loves his daughter," she said, "but ... part of this was his hatred of
Mr. Olmos, and a type of obsession with the mother."
Keitel might have to wait up to three months for a decision, Kornstein
said. Neither Olmos' publicist nor Bracco's lawyer returned calls for
comment.
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Julien Bern
FreeGratis wrote in message
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>>KEITEL VS. OLMOS GETS UGLIER STILL
>
>If you remove the "Keitel vs." part of this, it's easy to picture. Olmos
has
> always given me the creeps. Kind of like Noriega's better looking, taller
> older brother.
Yeah, but Noriega is the better actor.
Backbeat46
>TOUGH-guy screen star Harvey Keitel - terrified his young daughter may be
>molested - yesterday demanded her stepdad, actor Edward James Olmos,
>respond to accusations he sexually abused a Florida girl.
>
>"He has to answer for this," Keitel fumed outside a Brooklyn courthouse.
>
>Keitel's open challenge is the latest jab in a knock-down, drag-out custody
>war with ex-wife Lorraine Bracco, who starred in "GoodFellas" and "Medicine
>Man."
This doesn't surprise me either about Olmos. I read an interview with him
which came out around the time the movie Selena was about to be released.
Olmos said how when he was shooting the film, it was hard not to be distracted
by all the pretty young things hanging around the set. Apparently, lots of
young girls (we're talking under 18) would hang out, hoping to be picked as
extras. I remember hearing child abuse accusations directed at Olmos a long
time ago and I thought what he said in the interview was pretty brazen and
stupid, considering his wife's custody battle problems.