An American woman raped by filmmaker Roman Polanski as a teenager four decades ago pleaded with a California judge on Friday to end the case so she could move on with her life. “I would implore you to do this for me, out of mercy for myself,” Samantha Geimer, who was 13 at the time … Read more
The woman raped by filmmaker Roman Polanski decades ago said Friday that she wanted the case closed as she prepared to make her first court appearance. “I finally will get to stand before a judge and say how I feel,” Samantha Geimer told a throng of reporters outside Los Angeles Superior Court. “I’m going to … Read more
The woman raped by filmmaker Roman Polanski decades ago when she was a teen is set to appear before a Los Angeles judge on Friday to appeal for the court to end the case. Polanski’s attorney Harland Braun told AFP on Thursday that Samantha Geimer will appear with her husband at a hearing in Los … Read more
Megastar turned pariah Bill Cosby, who goes on trial Monday for allegedly drugging and assaulting a woman in 2004, joins a growing list of famous men charged with a sex crime. Here are five other prominent men whose careers have been shattered or tainted by charges of sexual assault. Former French finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn, … Read more
Controversial director Roman Polanski — who is still wanted in the United States for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl — will premiere his new film at the Cannes film festival next month, the organisers said Thursday. “From a True Story” — which stars Polanski’s French wife Emmanuelle Seigner and former Bond actress Eva … Read more
The woman raped by filmmaker Roman Polanski in 1977 when she was a teen lashed out at prosecutors in the case on Tuesday, accusing them of seeking to further their careers rather than resolve the matter. “Celebrity cases should not be misused by those like yourselves for some limelight and career advancement,” Samantha Geimer wrote … Read more
Filmmaker Roman Polanski on Monday lost another bid to end his 1970s rape case without serving more jail time when a Los Angeles judge ruled the French-Polish director could not seek relief from the courts while still a fugitive. Polanski, who lives in France, failed to advance any substantially new arguments in the four-decade-old case … Read more
Hollywood star George Clooney said Thursday that he will be stopping his visits to the world’s troublespots now that his wife is pregnant with twins. The actor — who campaigns against war and famine in Africa — told the French magazine Paris Match that he would “no longer go” to conflict-torn South Sudan nor the … Read more
France’s minister for women’s rights said it was a “shocking” decision to appoint filmmaker Roman Polanski as head of the jury for the country’s equivalent of the Oscars. The award-winning director has been wanted in the US for decades after admitting to sex with a minor. Mr Polanski, now 83, fled ahead of his sentencing … Read more