A lawyer for 7th Heaven actor Stephen Collins is speaking out after the bombshell audio of his famous client admitting to molesting and/or exposing himself to young girls hit the internet yesterday.
In his comments he accuses Collins’ estranged actress/wife Faye Grant of trying to use the audio from their therapy session to try to attempt to extort money as part of their embittered divorce proceedings.
Attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told TMZ, “Over the course of my representation of Stephen in the divorce case, Faye has repeatedly threatened to give this audiotape to the media unless Stephen agreed to pay her millions of dollars more than that to which she was legally entitled.”
Kaplan added, “When these demands were rebuffed, Faye attempted — without success — to peddle the tape in numerous ways to numerous different people. 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.”
The attorney said that they would like to address the confession but can’t, “Though we would like to address the tape itself, the circumstances dictate that we must regrettably refrain from doing so at this time.”
TMZ also has an email that Grant had sent Collins a year ago that alleges the actor was frightened that he might be tempted to have oral sex with his own child – a claim that sources told TMZ Collins says is a lie.
Grant wrote, “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 … “I should have followed my gut then, and then again 14 years ago, and kicked your ass to the curb.”
