So since I'm revisiting 90's comics, John Byrne had Lex Luthor say to a girl who said she's not that kind of woman: "My dear, EVERYONE is that kind of woman. It all depends on price.. For some, a wedding ring. For some, a hollywood contract."
Yeah, everyone's always known this shite happened.
Everyone also knows fake id's were a thing. And they can cover a lot of years. Tracy Lords, wasn't she only 13?
Do I think a lot of these hollywood people didn't know about the age gap? Yeah, I do.
Do I feel sorry for them, if some starlet/wanna be decides to cash in by revealing their real age? Hell, no. They were exploiting young hopefuls for sexual favors.
Do I think the starlets are innocent in this? Nope.. They made a choice, many. Sleeping your way to fame and getting a fake id are decisions. And our society says kids are exempt from their bad decisions, even if they lie about their age and nobody could tell any different.
I think the reason these creeps are getting theirs is kind of ****ed up, but I have no sympathy for them.