The actor had months prior denied any prison wrongdoing. In a 2023 Air Mail magazine interview, he admitted to being emotionally abusive towards former companions and recalled his personal sexual trauma at age 13 by the hands of a youth pastor, which he stated first spurred his curiosity in BDSM.
Additionally in 2023, Hammer frolicked in a therapy program for drug, alcohol, and intercourse points.
“It was a disaster, a religious disaster, an emotional disaster, and the best way I noticed it was, I’ve two choices right here. I can both let this destroy me or,” Hammer stated on the podcast, “I can use this as a lesson.”
He continued, “It was terrible and I would not want that on my worst enemy however for the individuals in my life that I actually love, I hope some model, ideally smaller than what I went via, would occur to them as effectively so they might be taught every little thing that I’ve realized, and I really feel nice about it now.”