After Day in Court, Woody Allen Tells It Like It Is

Following yesterday's announcement that American Apparel settled the lawsuit Woody Allen filed against them for $5 million, the director now speaks out about Dov Charney & Co. Upon leaving the courthouse yesterday he said, "It's, of course, possible by going through the trial a jury might have awarded me more money, but this is not how I make my living" (the NY Post points out it is, however, more money than Vicky Cristina Barcelona made during it's opening weekend, by about $1.5 million more). He's hoping the big payout will discourage other companies from illegally using his image, even though Charney has insisted he wasn't using him to sell product. While American Apparel's head honcho would like to meet the director on friendlier terms, it's unlikely Allen would ever allow it. He told the press yesterday, "Threats and press leaks by American Apparel designed to smear me did not work, and a scheme to call a long list of witnesses who had absolutely nothing to do with the case was also disallowed by the court. I suspect this dose of legal reality led to their 11th-hour settlement." Aaaaand scene.

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By Jen Carlson in News on May 19, 2009 12:04 PM

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jgonzz

I have laughed enough via' Woody's films, i give him a 'pass' on the sun yi thing, its not pedophilia but it was creepy.

Soon yi is like 40 years old, so if Woody was a pedophile he would have dumped her and moved onto a newer model, say a Abigal Breslin or a Dakota Fanning.

GREGORYABUTLER

She's still his stepdaughter - and, while that does not make him a pedophile, it still makes him a massively inappropriate pervert (no matter how good his movies are!)

Best Commentator

The Woodman is no pedophile. His wife may be young, but she dresses in granny clothes.

GREGORYABUTLER

His wife is also his stepdaughter.

If he was a bus driver or a waiter instead of a famous film director beloved by the art house crowd, you'd think he's a sick degenerate.

And you'd be right.

felixthecat2

I hate pedophiles, therefore I hate Woody Allen.

butterbutter

Why does everyone call Woody Allen a pedophile??

Son-Yi Previn was 22 years old. Hardly underage. Woody Allen was not her step-father because Mia Farrow and Woody Allen were not married.

If ANYONE is a pervert, it's Dov Charney. Not only does he fantasize about being Terry Richarson, but his semi-pornographic advertisements, make him one of the sleaziest entrepreneurs of the the 21st century.

GREGORYABUTLER

Butterbutter,

Woody Allen was Soon Yi Previn's mother's boyfriend - in effect, her de facto stepfather.

Which means that by dating and marrying his stepdaughter, he was engaged in adult incest.

And no matter how good you think his films are, that still makes him a pervert.

ANGRYGOD11

Woody Allen was accused of abusing kids during a very heated custody battle a long time ago. He was never even charged in criminal court. The "molested kids" are now adults who could sue the hell out of him, if they wanted. The could write books and go on TV about him, if they wanted. But, they don't.

Maybe because it's bull.

Politburo

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

pally

"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."

Yes, it is. (Google bayes.)

In any case, I have no evidence that Politburo is a pedophile, either.

This post does serve as a sort of litmus test of gothamist posters -- the dimmer ones have all shown up to bash Woody Allen. Weird.

Felix Hoenikker

Next on Fox and Friends: *Is* Politburo a pedophile??? Tune in to find out!

ANGRYGOD11

Absence of evidence? What about innocent until proven guilty? I heard about that somewhere.

Politburo

I share your beliefs about the whole situation and should have been more clear. My point was that the fact that no one has sued him or written a tell-all doesn't prove that "it's bull".

NannyState

Dov Charney had one but lost it on the way to the Ravenite Social Club where he's working on his appeal.

NannyState

oops- replying to Snoopy..

Spirit of 76

the NY Post points out it is, however, more money than Vicky Cristina Barcelona made during it's opening weekend

I was thinking along the same lines. At this point in his career, Allen is pretty much irrelevant in the motion picture business.

ANGRYGOD11

Are you taking foreign sales into account? Because he is very important in Europe.

NannyState

He's big in Aarhus and Malmo, and in Helsinki, there's a district where his movies rent out at a 5 Markka premium.

GREGORYABUTLER

So Woody Allen is to Finland as Jerry Lewis is to France?

zpk

Umm... no. Wesley Snipes is irrelevant. Woody Allen can still scrape together $20 - $30 million of capital to fund his films, with total creative control and cast approval. If you think that's irrelevant, give it a try.