Notable Films by Alleged or Proven Sexual Predators
This list is a commentary on the acceptance and praise still cast upon people in the film industry that have been accused of, and sometimes convicted and/or proven to have committed, sexual crimes. It's unfortunate that evil acts do not preclude certain individuals from earning nominations, or being included on Criterion collections, even decades after the purported and/or proven facts have come to light.
1. Roman Polanski: In 1977, was arrested and charged in Los Angeles of six offenses against a 13 year old girl. He plead not guilty, but later admitted to the acts in his autobiography, though claimed that the intercourse was consensual, which was, and is still a crime in the United States. The biography was published in 1985, which means, at minimum, actors who worked with Polanski in his films since that year have knowingly worked with a sexual predator for money and prestige. Notable actors include, in order of film releases, Walter Matthau (Pirates, 1986), Harrison Ford (Frantic, 1988), Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas (Bitter Moon, 1992), Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley (Death and the Maiden, 1994), Johnny Depp and Frank Langella (The Ninth Gate, 1999), Adrian Brody (The Pianist, 2002), Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams (Greed, a New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli, 2009), Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Jon Bernthal, Jim Belushi, Timothy Hutton, and Kim Cattral (The Ghost Writer, 2010), Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Chrioph Waltz, and John C. Reilly (Carnage, 2011), Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Kingsley (again) (A Therapy, 2012), Eva Green and Vincent Perez (D'apres une histoire vraie, 2017).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski_sexual_abuse_case
1. Roman Polanski: In 1977, was arrested and charged in Los Angeles of six offenses against a 13 year old girl. He plead not guilty, but later admitted to the acts in his autobiography, though claimed that the intercourse was consensual, which was, and is still a crime in the United States. The biography was published in 1985, which means, at minimum, actors who worked with Polanski in his films since that year have knowingly worked with a sexual predator for money and prestige. Notable actors include, in order of film releases, Walter Matthau (Pirates, 1986), Harrison Ford (Frantic, 1988), Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas (Bitter Moon, 1992), Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley (Death and the Maiden, 1994), Johnny Depp and Frank Langella (The Ninth Gate, 1999), Adrian Brody (The Pianist, 2002), Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams (Greed, a New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli, 2009), Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Jon Bernthal, Jim Belushi, Timothy Hutton, and Kim Cattral (The Ghost Writer, 2010), Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Chrioph Waltz, and John C. Reilly (Carnage, 2011), Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Kingsley (again) (A Therapy, 2012), Eva Green and Vincent Perez (D'apres une histoire vraie, 2017).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski_sexual_abuse_case
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