Bill Maher says Woody Allen is innocent and actors who refuse to work with him are 'a bunch of p***ies'

Bill Maher has said he does not believe the disgraced Woody Allen is guilty of abusing his adopted daughter.

In a conversation with Katie Couric on his Club Random podcast, the comedian defended the Oscar winner, who has been accused of sexual abuse by his adopted daughter with Mia Farrow, Dylan Farrow. 

Maher said: 'I don't think he committed that crime... There was two police investigations that exonerated him.'

The HBO star went on to slam the actors who have denounced Allen following his fall from grace due to the allegations, which Allen, 88, has denied.

'There's these actors who won't work with him anymore and some of them made movies with him are saying, 'I regret doing that.' 

Bill Maher has said he does not believe the disgraced Woody Allen is guilty of abusing his adopted daughter

In a conversation with Katie Couric on his Club Random podcast, the controversial comedian defended the Oscar winner

'What a bunch of pu**ies!' Maher said. Maher went on to say that Mia Farrow was 'vindictive' and had motivation to falsely accuse Allen of raping their child.

He went on: 'So first of all, I just flat-out believe [Allen]... I believe a 57-year-old man didn't suddenly become a child molester in the middle of a divorce proceeding and a custody battle in a house full of adults in broad daylight.'

When Couric pushed back, saying Allen's taste in women was 'pretty damning,' Maher wasn't having it.

The comedian replied: 'Do you think he's the only guy who likes that? Really?

'Do you think he's the first guy who wanted his girlfriend to dress in anklets and baby doll [dresses]? That's what we grew up on, that's what we find sexy…that doesn't make you a pervert.'

Maher eventually admitted it is possible Allen is guilty, as 'anything is possible.'

However, he added that there isn't enough evidence for Hollywood to have made Allen a social pariah. 

Dylan Farrow claims that Allen touched her inappropriately in August 1992, when she was seven.

Maher went on to slam the actors who have denounced Allen following his fall from grace due to the allegations, which Allen has denied

Mia Farrow first accused the Oscar-winning director of molesting their adoptive daughter as a child in 1992, which he has strongly denied. (Mia with Dylan in 2016)

She said he abused her in an attic of the Connecticut home where she lived with her mother Mia Farrow and siblings, touching her while she played with a toy train.

The allegations were investigated, and no charges ever brought.

In 2014, the story resurfaced when Dylan Farrow spoke to New York Times columnist Nick Kristof.

Ronan Farrow, the journalist brother of Dylan, wrote about it in 2016, and condemned Hollywood for continuing to work with their father. Their brother Moses Farrow, however, has consistently defended their father and accused Mia Farrow of coaching Dylan to accuse Woody, in anger at their divorce.

In 2018, Dylan Farrow spoke to CBS News, and Woody Allen began to pay a professional price for the accusations.

He has always denied abusing her. Actors including Kate Winslet, Greta Gerwig, Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Hall, Colin Firth, Natalie Portman and Mira Sorvino have all said they regret working with him.