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Clockwise, from top left: Bill Cosby, Tupac Shakur, Roman Polanski, Michael Jackson, Woody Allen, Mike Tyson, Paul Reubens, R. Kelly.(Photo: All AP except Polanski, AFP/Getty Images and R. Kelly, Invision/AP)
Mike Tyson has a new cartoon show on TV<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and Roman Polanski is preparing to shoot<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a feature film, but not long ago, these men were in the news for alleged sexual assault.
From Tupac Shakur to Rob Lowe, pop culture icons have been accused, acquitted, convicted and settled cases of varying sexual misconduct charges. Their careers have rebounded to varying degrees.
Most recently, America's beloved TV dad, Bill Cosby, has been in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the spotlight with more than 50 accusations of sexual assault stemming<span style="color: Red;">*</span>from the 1960s. Three more women went public Wednesday.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Cosby has never been charged with sexual assault and maintains that he is innocent.
Here is a look at nine celebrities who were accused, charged or convicted of sexual assault or crimes that were sexual in nature and where they are now.
Woody Allen<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
Director Woody Allen attends a press conference May 15, 2015, for the film "Irrational Man" at the 68th Cannes international film festival in southern France.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Thibault Camus, AP)
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Woody Allen is best<span style="color: Red;">*</span>known for writing and directing over 40 feature-length films, including Sleeper, Manhattan and Hannah and Her Sisters. Allen has also won four<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Academy Awards, including best director for Annie Hall.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Accusations:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>After Woody Allen and Mia Farrow separated in 1993, a legal battle for the custody of their three<span style="color: Red;">*</span>children began. Before those proceedings, a doctor reported that Allen had sexually molested his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. In September 1993, Connecticut state attorney Frank Maco declined to prosecute Allen, saying that while he had probable cause, he did not wish to inflict any further anguish on Dylan by making her testify. Farrow won custody of their adopted children and Allen was denied visitation rights.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Since then:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>This year, it was announced that Allen will write and direct a half-hour TV series<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for Amazon Studios. Allen continues to release a movie each year and has secured financing and support for his next three films through Sony Pictures Classics.
Tupac Shakur
Rap musician Tupac Shakur<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: 1993 AP photo)
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Known as 2Pac, Tupac Amaru Shakur was a top-selling '90s rapper, known for hits like I Get Around<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and Keep Your Head Up.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The rapper was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>25 when he was killed in Las Vegas in 1996.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Convicted:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>In 1994, Tupac served 15 days in jail after he was found guilty of assaulting director Allen Hughes. The same year, Tupac was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman he invited to his hotel room. The rapper was sentenced to 1½ <span style="color: Red;">*</span>to 4½ years<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in prison<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>ended up serving less than a year, the Los Angeles Times reported.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Since then: Despite Tupac's tumultuous relationship with the law, he remained a top-selling artist. In 1995, while serving time for sexual assault, he became the first artist to have a No. 1 song on the Billboard charts while serving a prison sentence, Rolling Stone magazine<span style="color: Red;">*</span>reported. Since his death, the rapper has continued to be revered by many, and his estate has continued to earn millions of dollars each year in record sales.
Roman Polanski
French-Polish film director Roman Polanski speaks at a press conference in Krakow, Poland, on Jan. 15, 2015.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Stanislaw Rozpedzik, AFP/Getty Images)
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Roman Polanski is a filmmaker known for classics like The Tenant, Rosemary's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Baby and Chinatown.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Polanski also directed The Pianist,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>which<span style="color: Red;">*</span>went<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on to win three Academy Awards, including best director.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Pleaded guilty:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>In 1977, Polanski<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was arrested and charged in Los Angeles<span style="color: Red;">*</span>with five offenses against 13-year-old<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Samantha Gailey. Polanski<span style="color: Red;">*</span>later accepted a plea bargain<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in exchange for a lesser charge of engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>However, upon learning that he was most likely to face imprisonment,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Polanski fled to Europe.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Since then:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Polanski continues<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to make movies and receive awards, including a lifetime-achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival in 2009. There are ongoing attempts to bring Polanski back to the U.S. to face the courts, but all have been unsuccessful.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Polanski is currently preparing to shoot a feature film in Warsaw called D about<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the notorious 19th-century Dreyfus affair, a political scandal that divided France in 1894.
Michael Jackson<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
Michael Jackson dances and struts during the opening performance Feb. 24, 1988, of a 13-city U.S. tour, in Kansas City, Mo.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: File photo by Cliff Schiappa, AP)
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Known as the "King of Pop,"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Michael Jackson was a multi-Grammy Award-winning pop artist from the 1960s to his death in 2009.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Accusations, charges: In 1993, he was accused of sexually abusing 13-year-old Jordan Chandler. In 2005, he was indicted on four counts of molesting a minor, four counts of intoxicating a minor in order to molest him, one count of attempted child molestation<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and one count of conspiring to hold the boy and his family captive at his Neverland Ranch, as well as conspiring to commit extortion and child abduction. A<span style="color: Red;">*</span>jury found Jackson not guilty on all charges.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Since then: Jackson went on to become the most-awarded recording artist in history, including the Guinness World Records title "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time."
Kobe Bryant
Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant is interviewed Aug. 1, 2015, in Guangzhou, China.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Kobe<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Bryant, a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>two-time NBA Finals MVP, was the youngest person to ever play in the NBA when he entered the league straight from high school in 1996. He has spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning five NBA championships.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Charges:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>In 2003, a hotel employee accused Bryant of rape. Bryant admitted to an adulterous sexual encounter with his accuser but denied the assault allegation.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The case was dropped after Bryant’s accuser refused to testify.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Since then: Bryant has gone on to win the All-Star MVP Award four times and won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics playing on the U.S. national basketball team.
Paul Reubens aka "Pee-wee Herman"
Actor Paul Reubens portrays Pee-wee Herman while promoting "The Pee-wee Herman Show" live stage play in Los Angeles.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: 2009 photo by Danny Moloshok, AP)
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Paul Reubens is best known for his role as Pee-wee Herman on the children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse. He later played the character in the cult<span style="color: Red;">*</span>classic<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Case settled: In 1991, Reubens was charged with public masturbation after he allegedly was caught in the act in a Sarasota, Fla., movie theater. In 2001, he was charged with possessing child pornography. He later settled the case<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and received three years' probation and agreed to be registered as a sex offender during his probation, the Associated Press reported.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Since then: Reuben will star in a Netflix original production of Pee-wee's Big Holiday. The movie will be released in 2016.
Rob Lowe
In 1988, Rob Lowe’s career took a major hit after he was involved in a sex scandal that included a videotape of him having sex with two females, one of whom was a minor.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: 2012 photo by Richard Shotwell, Invision, via AP)
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Rob Lowe rose to stardom in the 1980s after a role in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>St. Elmo's Fire. The bad-boy celeb was part of Hollywood's so-called "Brat Pack" in the '80s. Throughout his career, he has<span style="color: Red;">*</span>dabbled in TV and movies.
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Case settled:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>In 1988, Rob Lowe's career took a major hit after he was involved in a sex scandal that included a videotape<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of him having sex with two females, one who was a minor.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The girl's mother sued the actor, and the case was settled out of court. Lowe maintains he was unaware the girl was 16.
•Since then:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Most recently, Lowe was part of the casts of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The West Wing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Parks and Recreation and stars in a new Fox series, The Grinder.
R. Kelly
R. Kelly performs June 30, 2013, at the BET Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Frank Micelotta, Invision, via AP)
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer and rapper Robert Kelly, known professionally as R. Kelly, is known for hits including Bump N' Grind, I Believe I Can Fly<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and Ignition (Remix). In March 2011, R. Kelly was named the most successful R&B artist of the past 25 years by Billboard.
• Charges:Kelly was acquitted in 2008 of 14 counts of child pornography. (Seven of the original 21<span style="color: Red;">*</span>counts were dismissed on a technicality.)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A video allegedly showing Kelly engaging in sex with an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>underage girl and urinating on her surfaced in 2002. The trial was delayed numerous times. After less than a day of deliberations, a Chicago jury found Kelly not guilty, citing that the identity of the girl was inconclusive.
• Since then:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The artist has released multiple albums since 2008, including Epic, Love Letter and Black Panties, and performed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and the BET Awards show. Kelly<span style="color: Red;">*</span>recently collaborated with Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Justin Beiber and Jennifer Hudson.
Mike Tyson
Former boxer Mike Tyson watches mixed-martial-arts fighter Ronda Rousey train during her workout July 15, 2015.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Jae C. Hong, AP)
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span>At age 20, Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history when he defeated Trevor Berbick in 1986. Tyson was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to successively unify them.
• Convicted:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Tyson was convicted in Indiana on one count of rape and two of criminal deviate conduct in 1992 for raping Desiree Washington, an 18-year-old Miss Black America pageant contestant. Tyson served three years of his six-year sentence and was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>released early for good behavior.
• Since then:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Tyson is the star of a new cartoon, Mike Tyson Mysteries,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>which premiered in October 2014 on Adult Swim. The show draws from Tyson's own life, as he teams with a pet pigeon to be a hard-punching detective, solve crimes and help others to make up for his past. Fan gear includes an "Iron Mike" doll — either in a sweatsuit or cowboy suit.
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