We have here a recent interview with Woody Allen about his films. The headline is a bit misleading. It promises you'll hear him speak about "Those Allegations," meaning the ones about sexual misconduct…and he does. He says he won't talk about them.
People keep asking me if I believe the charges or him. This may be a little difficult to explain but follow me for a moment. I think there's a limit to how much someone removed from the situation — someone following it only through the press — can know or be sure of anything. This is why we expect juries to actually appear in the courtroom and hear all the arguments before they decide. We don't just select twelve people to vote Guilty or Not Guilty based on what they've read on TMZ.
Still, we're all entitled to have an opinion if only as spectators from afar. Mine is that he didn't do it. Is this an opinion influenced by the fact that I admire the man and his work? Maybe. But maybe a filmmaker I like and admire is being unjustly accused. The statements of Moses Farrow, who was there at the time and was old enough to comprehend what was going on convinced me Mr. Allen was innocent. If I'm wrong, I'm no more wrong than one of the brothers of the alleged victim.