Roman Polanski at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival Turns out Roman Polanski is an even bigger monster than anyone thought. In 1993 -- 15 years after he raped 13-year-old Samantha Geimer -- Polanski agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit she brought against him. Not only did he not initially pay her the money, it's unclear if she ever collected anything. From
PopEater:
The terms of the settlement were confidential, but the amount was disclosed in court documents because of a two-year struggle to get Polanski to pay. Court records, which were provided to media outlets Friday, do not indicate if Polanski ever paid. The last court filing in August 1996 shows Polanski, now 76, owed Geimer $604,416.22, including interest.
In a December 1995 filing, [Geimer's attorney Lawrence] Silver said "defendant has failed to pay any part of the sum due or the interest due on the attached note." Silver added that he talked to [Polanski's attorney David] Finkle, who agreed Polanski was in default.
Silver then sought some of Polanski's earnings by canvassing Hollywood for his wages. Among those who were contacted about Polanski were the Directors Guild of America, International Creative Management, Warner Bros. Inc. and Sony Studios.
I hate to play devil's advocate here, but in Roman's defense, before he stuck his dick up Samantha's ass to her repeated pleas of "no, no, no," she lied and told him she was actually
13-and-a-half. How come all these people so quick to cast guilt never talk about that little fact?
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:
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."
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.
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:
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."
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."
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?
UPDATE: Great article on Salon.com today. All you child rape apologists should check it out:
Reminder: Roman Polanski raped a child.
