Javier Bardem calls Woody Allen’s allegations “mere gossip” if not “legally proven”

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Javier Bardem recently commented again on the sexual abuse allegations made against Woody Allen.

In 1992 Allen’s daughter Dylan Farrow claimed her father sexually assaulted her when she was seven. He denies the allegations and was cleared by two investigations at the time.

“Pointing the finger at someone is very dangerous if it has not been legally proven. Beyond that, it’s just gossip,” Bardem told The Guardian.

The actor and director worked together on the 2008 film “Vicky Christina Barcelona”. Bardem went on to explain how his former co-star Rebecca Hall later exposed her work with Allen.

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“To tell you the truth, I’m none of that, what people said,” Bardem said. “I try to go where logic dictates, which is, let’s follow the rules that exist to establish whether someone is guilty or innocent.”

The ‘Being the Ricardos’ star continued, ‘If the case reopens and he’s proven to be guilty, I’ll be the first to say,’ What a horrible thing. “But so far I haven’t seen this.”

Javier Bardem said all allegations against Woody Allen are “gossip” until proven by law. (Getty Images)

Bardem said he “credits” Allen for introducing the Oscar winner to his wife, Penélope Cruz, who also starred in “Vicky Christina Barcelona”.

In 2018, Bardem said he was “shocked” by the way Allen was treated in Hollywood. “If there was evidence that Woody Allen was guilty, then yes, I would have stopped working with him, but I have doubts,” he said at the time.

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Dylan’s allegations against Allen, now 86, were investigated in the 2021 HBO documentary “Allen v. Farrow.”

American comedian, actor and director Woody Allen (left) and his partner, actress Mia Farrow pose under an awning with their children, left to right, Misha, Dylan (in Farrow’s arms), Fletcher and Soon Yi , New York, New York, 1986. Soon-Yi later married Allen. The man in the background is not identified. ((Photo by Ann Clifford / DMI / The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images))

Allen has hinted in the past that Dylan may have been misled into thinking something had happened when he hadn’t said it, since Dylan’s claims came in the middle of a battle. stormy for the custody of his ex-girlfriend Mia Farrow in 1992.

“It’s so absurd, and yet the smear stuck,” Allen told CBS’s Lee Cowan in 2020. “And they still prefer to hang on, if not the idea that I assaulted Dylan, the possibility that I assaulted her. Nothing I ever did with Dylan in my life could be misinterpreted like that. “

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He continues: “There was no logic at first glance. Why would a 57 year old guy and never be charged with anything in my life, I will suddenly drive in the middle of a controversial custody battle in the Mia’s country house (with) a 7 year old daughter. That’s right – on the surface, I didn’t even think it needed an investigation. “

Woody Allen had denied any wrongdoing since the 1990s. (UNANUE / Europa Press via Getty Images) (Photo by Europa Press News / Europa Press via Getty Images)

Allen admitted that he would like to have a conversation with Dylan on the subject, but noted that he had not spoken to her for many years.

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The filmmaker went on to discuss actors like Colin Firth, Timothee Chalamet and Kate Winslet, who walked away from him after working with him in the past given the renewed attention given to the allegations, calling them “well-meaning but stupid “.

“All they do is persecute a perfectly innocent person and allow this lie,” he said (via Yahoo Entertainment).

Fox News’s Tyler McCarthy contributed to this report.

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