Sean Penn defends Woody Allen against Dylan Farrow molestation allegations
When asked on "The Louis Theroux Podcast" if he'd ever consider working with the controversial director again he swiftly replied, 'I'd work with him in a heartbeat. If it was the right project.'
Penn continued, 'Do I think he has a bad rap? With these things, I don't know anyone well enough to say 100% this didn't happen, that didn't happen. The stories are mostly told by people that I wouldn't trust with a dime. It just seems so heavily weighted in that way.'
Theroux pushed back on Penn's response, asking for clarification about where he stands, explaining the famed director was accused by 'mainly his estranged daughter but also his son, Ronan Farrow, the journalist.'
Doubling down on his support for Allen, Penn explained why he has doubts about the allegations against the 89-year-old. 'Put it this way: I am not aware and maybe I'm just an ignoramus, that's a possibility. I am not aware of any clinical psychologist or psychiatrist or anyone I've ever heard talk or spoken to around the subject of pedophilia that in 80 years of life, there's accusations of it happening only once. I'm not aware of that.'
He added, 'And when people try to associate what were his, let's say, much younger girlfriends, right or wrong is not the conversation here. Post-puberty, consensual stuff is to me a different conversation.'
'Let's just take a second. That's all I'm saying. I see he's not proven guilty, so I take him as innocent, and I would work with him in a heartbeat,' Penn told Theroux.
Penn, a five-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner, received his second nod for his work on Allen's film 'Sweet and Lowdown' in 1999.
Although Dylan has consistently maintained she was sexually abused by her famous father, he has never been charged for a crime. In 2021, HBO released a four-part docuseries, 'Allen v. Farrow,' investigating the sex abuse allegations brought against him.
Allen, has repeatedly denied all accusations.
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