Amanda Peterson was a tween/teenage movie star with good blonde looks and acting skills to match. She is best remembered as the main female character in the 1987’s movie “Can’t Buy Me Love” with co-star Patrick Dempsey. By the mid-90’s she left the movie scene and her life would evolve into a spiral of Drug Addiction and time behind bars. According to a People’s Magazine article, she had been raped at the age of 15 years old by a man that was 27 years older than her. Amanda who did have children did tell her parents who her attacker was, however, she never wanted to press charges. In 2015, at the age of 43, she would die of an accidental drug overdose. The entertainment industry can be cruel and filled with predators.
https://people.com/celebrity/amanda-peterson-family-reveals-cant-buy-me-love-star-was-raped-at-15
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