Roman Polanski out and about in Berlin (3/31)
Famed director Roman Polanski was arrested in Zurich on Saturday and faces extradition back to the United States. Back in 1978, Polanski fled to Europe after pleading guilty to "engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse" with 13-year-old Samantha Gailey (now Samantha Geimer). Salacious details via Wikipedia:
UPDATE: Great article on Salon.com today. All you child rape apologists should check it out: Reminder: Roman Polanski raped a child.
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Famed director Roman Polanski was arrested in Zurich on Saturday and faces extradition back to the United States. Back in 1978, Polanski fled to Europe after pleading guilty to "engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse" with 13-year-old Samantha Gailey (now Samantha Geimer). Salacious details via Wikipedia:
According to Geimer, Polanski asked Geimer's mother if he could photograph the girl for the French edition of Vogue, which Polanski had been invited to guest-edit. Her mother allowed a private photo shoot. According to Geimer in a 2003 interview, "Everything was going fine; then he asked me to change, well, in front of him." She added, "It didn't feel right, and I didn't want to go back to the second shoot."Of course, half of the world is up in arms over this arrest. And by half the world, I mean France. From the Los Angeles Times:
Geimer later agreed to a second session, which took place on March 10, 1977 at the Mulholland area home of actor Jack Nicholson in Los Angeles. "We did photos with me drinking champagne," Geimer says. "Toward the end it got a little scary, and I realized he had other intentions and I knew I was not where I should be. I just didn't quite know how to get myself out of there." She recalled in a 2003 interview that she began to feel uncomfortable after he asked her to lie down on a bed, and how she attempted to resist. "I said, ‘No, no. I don’t want to go in there. No, I don’t want to do this. No!", and then I didn’t know what else to do,” she stated.
Geimer testified that Polanski performed various sexual acts (Ed. Note: he did her up the butt) on her after giving her a combination of champagne and quaaludes.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told France-Inter radio that he and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski asked Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that Polanski be released on bail, calling his arrest a "bit sinister."Jesus Christ. It's not like this guy forgot to carry a 1 on his 1040 and owes some back taxes. HE RAPED A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL UP THE ASS. I mean, I know he's made some great films and all, but again, HE RAPED A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL UP THE ASS. To recap, the country who could easily be speaking German today if not for our efforts in World War II is now outraged that we're trying to arrest a guy who RAPED A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL UP THE ASS. Can we go back to 1944 and have a do-over?
French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand was quoted in French media as saying, "In the same way that there is a generous America that we like, there is also a scary America that has just shown its face."
UPDATE: Great article on Salon.com today. All you child rape apologists should check it out: Reminder: Roman Polanski raped a child.
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