Well, you may be right that he is just a pedophile, but somehow I have never thought it was that simple. What in the world was going on with her parents that she was going to his house alone? Were they TRYING to set him up? Did he think she was older or did he know her age? She says she forgives him and she never wanted him to be run out of the country, that he didn't deserve such extreme punishment. If he was guilty of all she said, why wasn't he deserving? And yet he did plead guilty and was going to accept his punishment. A friend of his overheard the judge bragging that he was going to throw the book at him and put him away for life, that was the point that he fled the country. He has since tried to work out an arrangement, but in spite of the judge removing himself from the case, the prosecution has remained intractable.
I don't know, maybe I give him a break just because I love his movies. Maybe because I feel so sorry for the tragedies he has endured. I have always thought he was set up somehow, but I may just be rationalizing for him. I won't see Woody Allen movies and I won't buy the ones I've seen and loved (though I admit I've thought about getting "Crimes and Misdemeanors" on eBay, at least he wouldn't get MY dime...). Maybe I'm being a hypocrite, I dunno.