Romano Polansky. They can reveal your rape case files in the United States. AFP photo
Los Angeles County Attorney (California, USA), George Gascón, asked this Tuesday in writing to an appeals court that the documents relating to the criminal charge are disclosed against Polish director Roman Polanski in 1977.
In a statement, Gascón denounced the request to the court and assured that it is being carried out, among other reasons, because the victim Roman Polanski sexually abused, Samantha Geimer, has specifically requested it.
“After careful consideration of the victim’s wishes, the unique and extraordinary circumstances of the case and my commitment to transparency and accountability, my office has determined that it is in the interest of justice for these files to be released,” he said. the county attorney.
A little bit of (bad) history
Roman Polanski fled the United States in late 1978. And he could never return. Photo by Reuters
In 1977 Polanski, who was 43 at the time (now 88), Geimer drugged and forced13 year old young underage girl having sex after a photo shoot, offense for which he was arrested.
Romano Polansky he pleaded guilty and spent 42 days in jailbut being out on bail and fearing he will have to go back to prison to serve a much tougher sentence, escaped from the United States. at the end of 1978.
The director argued for his escape that at the time he had reached an agreement with the authorities to serve only 48 days behind bars, but that he had fled the country because Judge Laurence Rittenband intended to inflict a harsher sentence than the one agreed.
This legal mess restricted their freedom of movement around the world for years for fear that the United States would ask for his extradition. And he hasn’t been able to go back to the United States.
Failed attempt and expulsion from the Academy
In 2017, in an attempt to return to Hollywood, he filed several legal documents which, if he returned to that country again, would have him.and you guarantee you won’t go to jail. But the request was rejected by the US authorities.
Roman Polanski was expelled from the Hollywood Academy. AP photo
Due to this situation, Polanski, recognized for films such as the child of rosemary Y Chinatownhe does not return for fear that the United States will at some point request his extradition.
In 2018 Roman Polanski was expelled from the Hollywood Academy of which he was a member due to numerous charges against him.
Another case
French-Polish director Roman Polanski was also accused of defamation following a complaint filed against him by Charlotte Lewis, a former actress who accused him of raping heras announced by the French chain BFM TV.
Lewis, 54, met the 88-year-old director in 1983. By then she was an aspiring performer and he was already a famous artist. And that first day, according to the actress in 2010, Roman Polanski raped her in her Paris home.
His libel complaint against him came after the statements of the director of The pianist Y I accuseamong other films, in December 2019 in the French magazine Paris Match, where he talked about the different complaints he had received accused of rape and spoke mainly of Lewis.
“The first quality of a good liar is a good memory. Charlotte Lewis is always mentioned in the list of my accusers without ever mentioning her contradictions, “Roman Polanski said in an interview with that weekly.
Polanski, as BFM TV recalled, pointed out that in the promotion of pirates (1986), a film he directed and in which he made his debut, the actress would have said that shooting with him was a dreamthat he owed her “everything” or that, according to a 1999 article in the British tabloid News from the worldshe wanted to be his mistress.
Lucrecia Martel was president of the jury at the Venice Film Festival and did not go to see the gala of the film that Polanski presented to you. photo EFE
For his part, the former interpreter assures that her statements have been manipulated and has pointed out that she has been vilified by the famous director.
The indictment of Polanski, which took place in July 2021, opens the door to criminal proceedings in France, before the Paris Judicial Court.
In 2019, Argentine director Lucrecia Martel was president of the jury of the Venice Film Festival. And she apologized for attending the presentation of the film J’accusse, the officer and the spyin solidarity with the victims of harassment.
“I will not attend the Polanski gala because I represent many women who are fighting in Argentina over problems like this. I don’t want to stand up and applaud, “Lucrecia Martel later said.
Source: EFE
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