Tom Arnold Says He Was Sexually Abused

Comic actor Tom Arnold, who plays a child molester in the new movie Gardens of the Night, says he was molested by a male babysitter as a child.

Arnold told People the abuse occurred when he was between the ages of 4 and 7, and that he wore the same style of clothes as his babysitter in the film.

Asked why he would take on the role, Arnold says, "It was a tough choice. I was a smart kid, and he still got to me. So I wanted to portray a pedophile in a way no one has seen before in order to explain how these things can happen."

Arnold said his babysitter molested him by asking to play a game, then used candy and fear to keep him quiet. He said he knew what was happening was "weird ...but I didn't know what sex was.

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