You haven’t offered a single source that reinforced your claim that Polanski’s career has been untouched by his sexually criminal past.

Because I didn’t claim it was “untouched”. Of course it was. He had to hide in Europe and was somehow controversial. As I explained in the previous comment, you think that what happened to him was adequate punishment for raping a child and I don’t. This is were we disagree. I think that a different person, even different celebrity, would end in prison and have trouble working in the industry at all. You think that… I don’t really know. That Polanski wasn’t protected by his fame? That any other person would also face similar troubles and continue their careers, get awards, be rich? Because…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Glitter - prison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Collins - In 2014, his career came to an end after he confessed to sexual abuse against multiple minors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Salva - Coppola’s protégé. Prison, hiatus and protests over his later movies

No to mention Me Too that completely ended careers of many people. Yes, Polanski raped that girl in the 80s but to this day he’s well respected and defended by many people. In my opinion he got away with it. That was my whole point. Some people do get away with terrible crimes, other get cancelled over minor things. Winona Ryder had serious issues working because of shoplifting…