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by Nicole Pedersen Posted:September 27th, 2009 at 10:11 am
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After dodging the law for 31 years, legendary director Roman Polanski was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday. His arrest stems from a 1977 charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Polanski pled guilty to a single charge in the case back in 1977, but ended up fleeing the United States before he could be sentenced. The warrant, served by Swiss authorities as Polanski entered the country, was issued by LA County officials back in 1978. More after the jump.
According to The LA Times, Academy Award-winning director Roman Polanski was arrested en route to the Zurich Film Festival where he was to receive a lifetime achievement award. The arrest was made at the request of US officials who have never given up their pursuit of 
Polanski after arresting him in 1977 on multiple counts stemming from a sexual encounter at Jack Nicholson’s home with a then 13 year-old model named Samantha Geimer. There have been repeated attempts to settle the case over the years, but with Polanski unwilling to leave his exile in France to re-enter the US for hearings, the warrant remained active.
After suing Polanski and receiving an undisclosed settlement, Geimer publicly forgave the director and has repeatedly called for the charges against him to be dropped. “I am no longer a 13-year-old child… that attention is not pleasant to experience and is not worth maintaining over some irrelevant legal nicety,” Geimer said in court papers filed in January.
Despite noting that some of the behavior exhibited by the original judge in the case “was misconduct”, LA judge Peter Espinoza declined to dismiss the charges against Polanski last February – paving the way for Saturday’s arrest.
Polanski served 48 days in maximum security detention and underwent psychological testing after his 1977 plea. It was only after the judge revealed that he was aiming for additional prison time that Polanski fled to Europe. Over the years Polanski’s legal team has charged the LA prosecutors with every manner of corruption, cited as the reason that Polanski fears facing the charges. Details of the case and the subsequent legal wrangling are eloquently laid out in the 2007 documentary “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired”.
Polanski now faces possible extradition to the US as he sits in provisional detention in Zurich. And although the Swiss cooperated in serving the warrant, I wouldn’t bet that they’re willing to extradite him to Los Angeles. A Swiss ministry spokesman said in a statement that “it is possible to appeal at the federal penal court of justice against an arrest warrant in view to extradition as well as against an extradition decision.”
Polanski will be released soon from his “provisional” detention while the wheels of Swiss justice turn, so anyone who was looking for a quick and dramatic ending to this 31 year old story is probably out of luck. And the band played on…
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About time…once a pedophile always one..no man goes forward with such a desire without it burning inside of him…he could have stopped at oral, no he took it to intercourse, he could have stopped there, but no, he had to take her anally. Perhaps he would like to share his daughter or granddaughter with the monster recently arrested in California for the abduction, rape and fathering children with 11 year old recently found after 18 years….no, this mans “art form” is the kind that needs to be extinguished, not glorified by looking at his other art interest—film making. He is a despicable human being and should know better having survived the Nazi’s.
About time…once a pedophile always one..no man goes forward with such a desire without it burning inside of him…he could have stopped at oral, no he took it to intercourse, he could have stopped there, but no, he had to take her anally. Perhaps he would like to share his daughter or granddaughter with the monster recently arrested in California for the abduction, rape and fathering children with 11 year old recently found after 18 years….no, this mans “art form” is the kind that needs to be extinguished, not glorified by looking at his other art interest—film making. He is a despicable human being and should know better having survived the Nazi’s.
I love my country when we get it right. Somehow we summoned the good sense to separate the man from his art. Give him an Oscar? Of course. Bring him to justice? Absolutely. Oh, also – screw the French.
I love my country when we get it right. Somehow we summoned the good sense to separate the man from his art. Give him an Oscar? Of course. Bring him to justice? Absolutely. Oh, also – screw the French.
As much as I love his work, that is no excuse for what he did. READ the transcripts of what happened (you can go to The Smoking Gun website to learn more about the case), Polanski is no victim. He drugged, molested and raped a 13 year old. It seems people can’t separate his work with what he did. Famous people do commit crimes, and they should serve time equal to everyone else.
As much as I love his work, that is no excuse for what he did. READ the transcripts of what happened (you can go to The Smoking Gun website to learn more about the case), Polanski is no victim. He drugged, molested and raped a 13 year old. It seems people can’t separate his work with what he did. Famous people do commit crimes, and they should serve time equal to everyone else.
Look I’m sorry to the victim but it isn’t her choice to let it go. She was 13 and he drugged and raped her. There is no statute of limitations on that. I have been waiting for somebody to nail this guy ever since I learned what had happened. I was born in 87. Nail him to the wall. Send a message and punish his crime. It sickened me when he won for “Pianist”
Look I’m sorry to the victim but it isn’t her choice to let it go. She was 13 and he drugged and raped her. There is no statute of limitations on that. I have been waiting for somebody to nail this guy ever since I learned what had happened. I was born in 87. Nail him to the wall. Send a message and punish his crime. It sickened me when he won for “Pianist”
I have a soon-15-year-old daughter (and I’m not thrilled about the idea of her having sex – let alone with a 30+ year-old) but any of you jerk-offs who so freely judge this man WITHOUT first seeing “Wanted and Desired” are completely out of line and should be ashamed of yourselves.
Do you know the whole story just because you read it on TheSmokingGun? Kiss off.
I have a soon-15-year-old daughter (and I’m not thrilled about the idea of her having sex – let alone with a 30+ year-old) but any of you jerk-offs who so freely judge this man WITHOUT first seeing “Wanted and Desired” are completely out of line and should be ashamed of yourselves.
Do you know the whole story just because you read it on TheSmokingGun? Kiss off.
Just read this comment on LA Times Blog, and agree 100%:
“I’ve read many times many versions about this “rape” case and though he did have sex with a minor the question remains what this minor was doing at Nicholson’s place in the first case?! Some 30 years ago! They were both looking for trouble and they got it and the case is long over. Sorry, but an underage girl at a Hollywood party is not there to talk Nietzsche with the hosts.”
Not that it’s excusable to have sex with under-age girls but the question is Did he know her age? And What was she doing there in the first place?
Just read this comment on LA Times Blog, and agree 100%:
“I’ve read many times many versions about this “rape” case and though he did have sex with a minor the question remains what this minor was doing at Nicholson’s place in the first case?! Some 30 years ago! They were both looking for trouble and they got it and the case is long over. Sorry, but an underage girl at a Hollywood party is not there to talk Nietzsche with the hosts.”
Not that it’s excusable to have sex with under-age girls but the question is Did he know her age? And What was she doing there in the first place?
“They were both looking for trouble and they got it and the case is long over.”
Do yourself a favor and go outside today and find a real 13 year old kid. See exactly what Polanski had over to the house- NOT for a party, but for a photo shoot. He told her she should take off her clothes for the pics, then he gor in the hottub with her. he gave her drugs and alcohol and told here to call her Mom and tell her they were still working.
The girl said no and when he persisted, she stopped fighting back because she was scared. The man raped a little kid. Charge the mom too if you want but don’t post this crap just because he makes a movie you like.
“They were both looking for trouble and they got it and the case is long over.”
Do yourself a favor and go outside today and find a real 13 year old kid. See exactly what Polanski had over to the house- NOT for a party, but for a photo shoot. He told her she should take off her clothes for the pics, then he gor in the hottub with her. he gave her drugs and alcohol and told here to call her Mom and tell her they were still working.
The girl said no and when he persisted, she stopped fighting back because she was scared. The man raped a little kid. Charge the mom too if you want but don’t post this crap just because he makes a movie you like.
Why yes, the solution to this fiasco is to blame the victim. “She should have known better!” Ha. I’m sorry, I’m not buying into that. Hey, I really like Polanski’s work, he is a really good director. Yet that does not excuse his crime. Also, by the way, fleeing the U.S. is a crime also. I have a feeling if this was Uwe Boll, people would be asking for his head. Yet since it is Polanski, people hush hush it.
Why yes, the solution to this fiasco is to blame the victim. “She should have known better!” Ha. I’m sorry, I’m not buying into that. Hey, I really like Polanski’s work, he is a really good director. Yet that does not excuse his crime. Also, by the way, fleeing the U.S. is a crime also. I have a feeling if this was Uwe Boll, people would be asking for his head. Yet since it is Polanski, people hush hush it.