--- description: The actor will not appear in Season 4 of Scandal title: 7th Heaven Actor Stephen Collins Losing Work Amid Abuse Allegations image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8af2aa1c4757838/69875f5acd1bba1ec36f27d9/steven-collins.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Stephen Collins Loses Another Role Amid Molestation Allegations by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 9, 2014 1:59 AM CUT  Actor Stephen Collins promotes NBC's "Revolution" at WonderCon Anaheim 2014 - Day 1 held at Anaheim Convention Center on April 18, 2014 in Anaheim, California. Actor Stephen Collins promotes NBC's "Revolution" at WonderCon Anaheim 2014 - Day 1 held at Anaheim Convention Center on April 18, 2014 in Anaheim, California.Albert L. Ortega—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 9, 2014 1:59 AM CUT Actor Stephen Collins will not appear in any upcoming episodes of _Scandal_, ABC said Wednesday, after it was revealed that the actor allegedly abused children. The former _7th Heaven_ star confessed to molesting young girls to his estranged wife in a recording released by TMZ [Tuesday](http://www.tmz.com/2014/10/07/stephen-collins-child-molestation-7th-heaven-audio-tape-nypd-investigation/ "undefined"). Collins is currently being investigated by the New York Police Department. ABC also said that it “will not be airing any footage with Stephen Collins” in upcoming Scandal episodes, _Entertainment Weekly_ [reports](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/08/stephen-collins-scandal/ "undefined"). The actor had appeared as a reporter in a 2012 episode of the network’s hit series and tweeted in September that he was filming for the current season. Collins has also been released from the upcoming _Ted 2_. \[[_EW_](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/08/stephen-collins-scandal/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3483040/stephen-collins-scandal-abc-child-abuse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3483040/stephen-collins-scandal-abc-child-abuse/"},"headline":"Stephen Collins Loses Another Role Amid Molestation Allegations","datePublished":"2014-10-09T01:59:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:40:26.036Z","description":"The actor will not appear in Season 4 of Scandal","url":"https://time.com/3483040/stephen-collins-scandal-abc-child-abuse/","keywords":["Television","Scandal"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8af2aa1c4757838/69875f5acd1bba1ec36f27d9/steven-collins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8af2aa1c4757838/69875f5acd1bba1ec36f27d9/steven-collins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actor Stephen Collins promotes NBC's \"Revolution\" at WonderCon Anaheim 2014 - Day 1 held at Anaheim Convention Center on April 18, 2014 in Anaheim, California.","caption":"Actor Stephen Collins promotes NBC's \"Revolution\" at WonderCon Anaheim 2014 - Day 1 held at Anaheim Convention Center on April 18, 2014 in Anaheim, California.","creditText":"Albert L. Ortega—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3483040/stephen-collins-scandal-abc-child-abuse/","name":"Stephen Collins Loses Another Role Amid Molestation Allegations"}}]}] ```