Hollywood has a history of protecting its stars.
It was well known that Eroll Flynn was a huge drunk and womanizer.
William Holden got so drunk that he tripped in his own home, gashed his head open and bled to death.
The studios protected Spencer Tracy as he repeatedly went on drinking binges -and hid his affair with Katherine Hepburn.
Judy Garland was addicted to uppers- which were supplied to her by the studio.
Debbie Reynolds was pressured to take the same drugs by the studios.
And on and on and on.
Nothing new here.
It was well known that Eroll Flynn was a huge drunk and womanizer.
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You left out the best part...acquitted of statutory rape and hence the old phrase “in like flynn”.