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I was looking at Depp's wikipedia page recently and I noticed a Polanski film. I never really looked into all that but I knew that was kind of sketchy. Turns out Polanski plead guilty to raping a child in the 70s and has been a fugitive from the State of California ever since. It's not like it's a secret, everyone knows, and they still keep working in his fucking movies. Depp just wanted to work with him so bad, he didn't give a fuck. Likewise a bunch of other A-list stars, producers, publishers... and then every one of them acts like they give such a big fuck about Weinstein. It's so performative, it's sickening.
alot of actors,producers want to be hollywood elite circles to stay employed. Rob mac has been with questionable(although not terrible) people like ryan reynolds, seems to have done something that media doesnt talk about, and hanging out with "tom brady", all the fans know hes desperate to hang onto the teets of hollywood(as the isaip crew is basically fading from the industry). depp pretty much piad the price by getting blacklisted by amber heard. polanski fled to portugul to escape prosecution.
Polanski had sex with a teenager. She is still saying she consented. I know, it's still rape, it's still vile, but I thought I'd point out that he didn't abuse a 5-year old in case you got that impression.
I didn't know much about it so I looked into it a bit. I was thinking, okay maybe she was like 16 or 17 which is the age of consent in some places and maybe he was like 26 or 27. I remember a time when that wasn't such a big deal; creepy, but accepted. But looking into it, she was 13 and he was 42. I also couldn't find anywhere she claimed she consented. In fact she openly states that what he did was wrong and has consistently maintained that she said no.
She did say, "Straight up, what he did to me was wrong. But I wish he would return to America so the whole ordeal can be put to rest for both of us. I'm sure if he could go back, he wouldn't do it again. He made a terrible mistake but he's paid for it." She also sued and settled out of court with him in the 80s and 90s over the matter. She also said, "It's an unpleasant memory ... (but) I can live with it." She also filed to have the charges dropped as the publicity and discussion of the details of the event have been a continuing source of trauma for her and her family.
As for my personal feelings on the matter after looking into it? He should come back to the U.S. and serve his time. But as DJT said, "when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy."
The age of consent is 18 so no she legally could not consent.