Polanski is now free

[T@T]

Originally Posted by Delgar

In this thread you've now twice said everyone should read up on the case and Polanski's life before passing judgment... you should take some of your own medicine.

He is also accused of raping then 16 year old actress Charlotte Lewis in 1983. She has only recently come forward but her story is credible. There are other victims who have also come forward.

If you read up as you've suggested, you'll probably come to the conclusion Polanski is a pedofile and a rapist.

I don't buy the, "my wife and child were murdered so now I have a compulsion to diddle little girls" excuse you seem to be making up for him.

Haven't heard of any others but amazingly the Lewis allocations came out right after the payoff to Samantha Gailey. The French authorities investigated and found zero evidence. They went as far as saying famous lawyer Gloria Allred was making "stuff" up.

[Kjesse]

Well, its pretty much impossible to prove a rape nearly 3 decades after the fact.

The two things she had going for her credibility are first, she did tell someone else about it at the time and two, coming out saying that she only got her first part in a movie because she slept with the director (16 or not) is no way to advance your career. She said she was ashamed of what she allowed, and I think she's probably telling the truth.

Now if she were going after money, that would probably change my mind.

[mikey_the_redneck]

This just goes to show once again that you can get away with breaking any law as long as you have enough cash to buy your way out of jail.

Polanski is a pedophile and a rapist, end of story.

[T@T]

Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

This just goes to show once again that you can get away with breaking any law as long as you have enough cash to buy your way out of jail.

Polanski is a pedophile and a rapist, end of story.

Except he didn't buy his way out in the first place...he fled!

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by T@T

Except he didn't buy his way out in the first place...he fled!

After the judge and DA changed the terms of his plea bargain and sentence after he had accepted it and he panicked.

But of course, you do need the money and power to go on the run and live an open life in the rest of the free world.

[valo403]

I'm not going to get into the original crime, I don't know the details to really do so, but if you want to blame anyone for the failure of the extradition petition blame the US government agency in charge. They know the details of the extradition treaty and didn't do their job properly.