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Tuesday October 16, 2007

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Jon Voight arriving at the MTV Movie Awards 2007 in Los Angeles, CA. on June 3, 2007.
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After son James Haven's accusations of "mental abuse" in a recent magazine article, Jon Voight is speaking out. The 68-year-old actor, who is also Angelina Jolie's dad, tells Usmagazine.com in a statement:

"I find it very heartbreaking that my children want to paint a bad guy portrait of me. I feel it comes from their inability to let go of years of programmed anger from their mother, who understandably felt quite hurt when we divorced. In all truth, I tried to give him and their mother continuous love and support and large sums of money. God knows, for years I've tried to mend this relationship. Perhaps the trauma of their mother's passing has made it worse."

In November's Marie Claire, Haven says he dedicates himself to helping abandoned women and children due to his own scarred experience as a child. Of his famous father, Haven says, "I don't want to constantly berate my father -- I wish him well, and I hope he finds peace -- but he put my mom through years of mental abuse."

Despite the affront, Voight continues to hope for a relationship with Haven, and Jolie. He tells Us, "I continuously send them my heart and love and am always available to them for whatever they may need from me."

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