"I never freaked out or yelled. I also felt sorry for him in a way, like he didn't necessarily want to be doing what he was doing," Jack Merrill said.

A Hollywood actor has gone public for the first time with his story about being kidnapped and raped at 19 by notorious killer John Wayne Gacy.

Jack Merrill, an actor with credits including “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Eight Men Out,” and “Law & Order,” is reflecting on his harrowing encounter with

Law & Order actor Jack Merrill has opened up and shared that he once had a terrifying encounter with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. In a new personal essay for PEOPLE, Merrill recounts being abducted and raped by Gacy when he was a teenager.

Jack Merrill never told anyone he was assaulted by the infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy in 1978, for fear of being “remembered” only for that one event in his life—and as forever linked to the Gacy story.

Law and Order actor Jack Merrill has opened up about a horrifying encounter with serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who he reveals abducted and sexually abused him when he was 19 years old.

Actor Jack Merrill is opening up about his terrifying encounter with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Merrill, 65, whose on-screen credits include minor roles in Law & Order, Hannah Montana, Grey’s Anatomy and Sex and the City,

Hollywood is seemingly obsessed with serial killer stories, and one veteran actor is now relating his own, all-too real encounter with John Wayne Gacy. Jack Merrill, whose decades-long career includes parts in Eight Men Out,

Law & Order' actor reveals he was abducted, sexually abused by serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Posted: October 24, 2024 \ 'Law & Order' actor reveal