How Did Hollywood Hide This for Decades?

It's 1973 and a teenage girl named Lorie

Maddox receives an invitation. It comes

from Jimmy Paige, the guitarist and one

of the band leaders of Led Zeppelin.

He's seen her modeling photos and he

wants to meet her. Not long after they

begin a relationship, here's the

problem. Jimmy Paige is 29 years old and

Lori is only 14.

>> At that point in time, there was an

influx of baby groupies and I mean

babies, they were 13 and 14. How did

these rock stars get away with this?

Shouldn't this be illegal? But it turns

out it wasn't just a rockstar thing.

It's still happening everywhere around

the world today.

>> Kate has that quality of child woman,

which touches a nerve with men.

>> There have been documented cases across

industries where powerful men engaged in

illegal relationships.

>> Is there still an ongoing relationship

with you?

>> It seems like everyone knows, but nobody

does anything about it. Why? Learning

about this story made me sick. Why isn't

this the biggest story in music? Why do

we still idolize these rock stars? And

why are we still accepting it today?

Let me tell you a story. This video is a

journalistic analysis of publicly

documented cases involving power and

accountability in entertainment

industries. All information is based on

established media reporting, court

records, and public statements. The

purpose is critical examination and

cultural analysis, not to make new

allegations or promote harmful behavior.

In 1973, rock and roll is everywhere.

Clubs are loud, nights blur into

mornings, and sex, drugs, and rock and

roll feel like they're taking over.

>> The bands would come to the Sunset Strip

like everybody wanted to be there. and a

young girl, Lorie Maddox, should be in

school, but instead she's at the Rainbow

Club on the Sunset Strip. She's one of

the most famous groupies in Los Angeles,

but she's still just in seventh grade.

>> I was drawn by the music. The music is

what swept me up and all of it.

>> A few months earlier, Lori had been at

the Beverly Hilton for a party. That's

where she met him. David Bowie, one of

the biggest rock stars on the planet.

Bowie was in his mid20s while Lorie was

only 14. That same year, Lori was back

at the Rainbow Club just dancing and

having a good time with their friends.

A few moments later, he was taken out of

the club.

>> We were at the Rainbow and Richard Cole

says to me, "Get in the bloody car and

if you move, I'll have your head."

>> He was thrown into the back of a

limousine, taken to the Hyde House on

Sunset, and there waiting was Jimmy

Paige. And I turn around and look and

there's Jimmy sitting in the corner of

the room with a hat and a cane saying,

"I told you I'm going to have you."

>> This was the beginning of their 2-year

relationship. Paige kept her hidden,

locked in hotel rooms during tours.

Guards outside the door. She wasn't

allowed to leave.

>> He always left me with the security. I

wasn't really allowed to go very many

places with him.

>> Jimmy Paige was of course terrified of

being arrested if anyone found out how

young she was. But Lori wasn't the only

one. Her friend Sable Star started

younger than Lori. She later described

having an encounter with Randy

California, guitarist for the band

Spirit. She was in sixth grade and by 13

she was chilling with MC Jagger, Iggy

Pop, Keith Moon, Alice Cooper.

The crazy thing is that these weren't

secrets. Even Sable's parents knew. The

entire music industry knew. Happy

when she was 13.

Her parents were too rich to do

anything.

>> You know what was Rodney doing having a

club with a bunch of underage girls in

there and the bands were drawn to that

club. So I think that was probably the

fascination of it all. Don't you think?

>> And the pattern goes way beyond Lori and

Sable.

>> What what drives Steve?

>> Rubs women. Steven Tyler, the frontman

of Ayerasmith, that he obtained legal

guardianship of her. Tyler convinced her

parents to sign over custody.

>> He said that I was too young. We

couldn't get married because of my age.

He couldn't take me on tour with him

unless he was my legal guardian. You

know, he basically ruled me.

>> This allowed him to take her across

state lines on tour without getting

charged. We said, "You're too young to

understand, but I'm the devil, and if

you love me, you love the devil."

>> Ted Nent did the same thing. They called

it the legal guardian loophole.

>> I was underage, and even back in the

Wild7s, it just really wasn't a terribly

appropriate situation in most people's

eyes, and now it would be criminal.

>> Don Henley of the Eagles, his

16-year-old girlfriend, overdosed on

cocaine. His punishment, a $25,000 fine

and 2-year probation. The legend Anthony

Kiadis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. His

autobiography tells a story of sexual

behavior with a minor when he was 23.

Elvis Presley met his wife Priscilla

when she was only 14. Jerry Lee Lewis

married his 13-year-old cousin. And it's

important to note that this wasn't

hidden. It was public knowledge and the

media celebrated it. Rockstars hired

lawyers figuring out how to navigate

legal gray areas. Decades later, some of

these women starts questioning their

experiences.

>> The truth is, I was lost. I was in uh a

world that was very dangerous and I

barely escaped with my life.

>> The question is, if everyone knew about

this, why weren't any of these rock

stars punished?

>> Led Zeppelin, the greatest rock and roll

band of all time.

That's right.

>> How do Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith

continue to be the most celebrated bands

ever?

>> Why do I love rock and roll? cuz it gets

me off. Everything I've ever loved was

immoral, illegal, fattening, or grew

hair on your palms.

>> While the answer goes way beyond rock

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