Corey Feldman Documentary Director Reacts to Pushback on Corey Haim Molestation Claims

Marcie Hume, the director of Corey Feldman vs The World, is addressing the pushback surrounding Corey Feldman’s claims of sexual abuse in her new documentary. 

After Feldman, 54, alleged in the documentary that his friend and costar Corey Haim, who died in 2010 at the age of 38, “molested” him while on the set of The Lost Boys, the late actor’s mother, Judy Haim, slammed the claims and called Feldman a “disgusting human being.”

Now, in an interview with PEOPLE, Hume insists that she is trying to be “both available to people and also very understanding of all perspectives” as a director and documentarian. 

“As a filmmaker I gave Corey room to speak and the emotional space to process his own experiences, using his own terminology to reflect that experience,” she explains in an exclusive statement. “The scene, and the film itself, reflects his statements as given, in his own voice. If he wants to explain or reflect on that language now, that’s his right, but the record in the film remains the same.” 

Noting that she had a “very lovely phone call” with Judy after the film’s release, Hume tells PEOPLE, “To me, it was more about listening, and just making sure that I was open to hearing perspectives, which is really the same as what I did in putting together this film. Understanding that there really are a lot of conflicting perspectives and experiences. And that’s really the same for the viewer, honestly.”

Hume also explains that she doesn’t have any involvement in the relationships depicted in the documentary.

“We included a tremendous range of views and experiences that I think the audience itself has to reckon with, and has to take on board and try and understand what’s going on and what they make of things,” she says. “I just want to make sure that for the component of this film and what I was there for, I just want to be sensitive to everyone involved and make sure that their voices are heard and understood.”

In the documentary, Feldman alleged that Haim asked him to “mess around” while on the set of The Lost Boys. 

“I said, ‘What do you mean?’ ” Feldman recalled, going on to claim that Haim told him, “‘This is what, you know, what guys in the business do, right? You know, you suck each other’s d—-, or you f— around, you do this stuff.’ ”

He continued, “But you know, when you have got somebody that’s trying to come onto you sexually, and you don’t want that, and you are a kid, and you are scared, you do whatever you can to stop it from happening. And that’s what was happening. I was being molested by Corey Haim. Truth be told.”

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Days later, Judy told PEOPLE that she spoke to Hume after learning of Feldman’s claims and expressed that she couldn’t believe what the Goonies star was saying about her son. 

“I think he’s a disgusting human being. I think he really needs help,” she added of Feldman. “This is what I think. I know he needs help because he’s hiding behind my kid to stay relevant. And I think what he’s doing is beyond any friend.”

“He’s taking advantage of someone that cannot respond,” she added. “He can go to hell as far as I’m concerned.”

The next day, Feldman denied claims that he accused his late costar of molesting him in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.

“Mr. Feldman did not have any involvement in the documentary Corey Feldman vs The World. The producers of the film made the film without Mr. Feldman’s knowledge and obtained the footage through dishonest means,” the statement read. “Mr. Feldman’s statement that Mr. Haim ‘molested’ him was in reference to Mr. Haim’s advances, and not physical molestation.”

“The film and any other current articles on this issue distort the truth and context of Mr. Feldman’s words and story,” the statement continued. “Mr. Feldman makes no claim that Corey Haim physically ‘molested’ him.”

A representative for the documentary said in a statement to PEOPLE that “all footage used in this film was obtained lawfully” and with Feldman’s “express written consent.”

“In addition to providing signed releases and complete documentation, Corey was consistently involved throughout production and repeatedly invited filming to take place, as viewers can clearly see in the film itself,” the statement continued. “Any suggestion that footage or consents were obtained unlawfully is false. We are fully prepared to defend the integrity of this process in any court or other forum.”