Johnny Depp has gone public with his support for Roman Polanski. Today, my heart breaks. The hottest man in the world (sorry Brad Pitt, you lose by a chin hair), not to mention my favorite actor, supports a rapist. You know, that really bums me out. That's putting it mildly. Details from The Independent, via Celebslam: 
[However, [Depp] wasn't shy in voicing his dismay about the
arrest of film-maker Roman Polanski on a 30-year-old statutory rape charge. In
1999, Polanski directed him in The Ninth Gate. "Why now?" Depp asked rhetorically.
"Obviously, there is something going on somewhere. Somebody has made a
deal with someone. Maybe there was a little money involved, but why now?"
Polanski, Depp continued, "is not a predator. He's 75 or 76 years old. He
has got two beautiful kids, he has got a wife that he has been with for a long,
long time. He is not out on the street."]
And another, very different, opinion courtesy of Celebslam:
[In the interview, Depp also voiced his support for
55-year-old Daniel Clive Lyttle of Bradenton, Florida. In 1977, Lyttle was
sentenced to life in prison for raping a 15-year-old Manatee High School
student as she walked home from a football game. Oh wait a minute, that's right,
Johnny didn't actually say anything about Daniel. Because he doesn't direct
films.]
So when Depp's daughter is thirteen, will it be cool to drug and anally rape her if it's done by a director? Or will his feelings differ then? Just curious.
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