Former Disney star Maitland Ward exposes dark side of Hollywood as a minor: ‘Twisted male gaze’

As a teenager, Maitland Ward — who first found fame as Jessica Forrester in “The Bold and the Beautiful,” and later Rachel McQuire in the beloved ‘90s Disney TV show, “Boy Meets World” — was exposed to a dark side of Hollywood that wasn’t often discussed.

From being put in compromising and “provocative” positions as...