Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department are investigating actor Corey Feldman's claims about a long-running Hollywood pedophilia ring.

Officer Tony Im, a media spokesman for the LAPD, confirmed to USA TODAY that an investigation into Feldman's longstanding claims has been opened.

Feldman announced Monday via Twitter that he had completed a formal, sit-down interview at LAPD headquarters, making good on his promise from the Nov. 3 episode of The Dr. Oz Show, to "give them the names of everybody I have any knowledge of" .

He has long maintained that he tried to tell the police in Santa Barbara, Calif., about his abusers when he was still within the 10-year statute of limitations in California, but he said they were only interested in Michael Jackson at the time. The Santa Barbara Police Department disputed his claim, telling Fox News: "We are aware of the statements that Mr. Feldman is making regarding an investigation in 1993. Our records do not indicate that he named any suspects."

In an essay posted to his Twitter account Wednesday, Feldman said he'd revealed the names of two of his six abusers (1980s actor John Grissom and talent agent Marty Weiss, both of whom are convicted sex offenders) to Oz and NBC's Megyn Kelly in order to prove that his crowd-funded plans to make a documentary about pedophilia in Hollywood wasn't an attempt to con fans into giving him money.

"I wanted everyone to know, this wasn't a game and I'm not playing," he pledged.

He also provided an update on the project, which has raised $211,000 toward his goal of $10 million so far on IndieGogo, and the reasoning behind it.

"I'm a filmmaker — that is my art, my talent, my strength and my profession," the 46-year-old star of Stand By Me and The Goonies wrote. "I want to truly show people what a child experiences when living with abuse from the perspective only someone who has lived with that abuse can make. It is a very important commentary and a brave piece of filmmaking, as there is no one else who can truly capture the essence, of what the experience, of an abused child, who is famous, goes through, in the way that I can."

He continued, "A filmmaker creating a platform for source revenue via asking for support and finance from fans and followers to make a film is not a new concept, and in my business, it is certainly not out of the ordinary."

Feldman also broke down many of the projected costs, especially for a legal team to defend him against defamation suits (starting with a $100,000 retainer) and armed guards to protect himself and his family ($7,500 per day).

"When I say I need protection, I'm not being paranoid, or acting delusional," he argued. "In fact, my concerns are quite valid. Point in case ... After all the stories I've heard, including the recent release of information that Weinstein hired private spies to prevent this information from becoming public, there has never been a report that he actually threatened many of his accusers with murder. Well, let me be very clear. The man at the end of this breadcrumb trail, the coveted name A-lister everybody wants to know about has, and does continue to threaten his victims with death."