Sally Field's mother, Margaret, married actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney in 1952, just one year after she divorced Field's father, Richard. However, the relationship became a nightmare for Field when Mahoney began sexually abusing her. When she was just seven years old, Mahoney would request that Field walk on his back. This would escalate over the years into a twisted cycle of abuse, with Field writing, "It would have been so much easier if I'd only felt one thing, if Jocko had been nothing but cruel and frightening. But he wasn't. He could be magical, the Pied Piper with our family as his entranced followers." Field believed that Margaret, who was also an actor, was unable to protect her due to a drinking problem. The abuse by Mahoney ended when she was 14, but further assaults would take place as she navigated through Hollywood.
Field also shared in her memoir that in 1968, musician Jimmy Webb began having nonconsensual sex with her while she was sleeping. She woke up to find him on top of her, and despite the shocking act, Field believes it was the result of him being high on drugs. In another instance, Field alleged that she was forced to kiss director Bob Rafelson for a movie role in the 1976 movie, "Stay Hungry."
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