Polanski Arrest is a Victory
I was heartened to hear that film director Roman Polanski was finally arrested for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old in the 1970s. Back in 1977, he was arrested in Los Angeles and pleaded guilty to “unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.” Polanski was 44 at the time. When he was released after a 42-day psychiatric evaluation, he fled to France, and has had a U.S. arrest warrant outstanding since then. Here are the original court records about the Polanski case.
The girl, now a 45-year-old woman, said this in a CNN story: “The one thing that bothers me is that what happened to me in 1977 happens to girls every day, yet people are interested in me because Mr. Polanski is a celebrity.”
A fabulous, spot-on essay by Kate Harding on the Polanski case appears on Salon.com.
September 28th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
I did a little dance around the house yesterday when my son told me the news!
September 28th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Yes!
September 28th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
He deserves to rot in jail…slimeball.
September 28th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
I hope the dog spends the time in jail that he deserves!!
September 29th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Absolutely!