Roman Polanski arrested (discuss)...

[quarky]

So it's OK to rape a child so long as you pay her for it and she then keeps quiet?

Not at all. I thought it had already been tried and settled in court. Evidently not.

 

[tyr_13]

Not at all. I thought it had already been tried and settled in court. Evidently not.

Actually while he was convicted, there was no trial.

Doesn't mean he shouldn't serve his time though.

 

[johnny karate]

Not at all. I thought it had already been tried and settled in court. Evidently not.

No, it hadn't.

From the L.A. Times:

Polanski reached a deal with prosecutors in which he pleaded guilty to a count of unlawful sex with a minor and prosecutors agreed not to pursue rape, sodomy and other charges . A judge ordered Polanski to spend 42 days in state prison for pre-sentencing "diagnostic testing." Polanski served the time and was released. But on the eve of his sentencing in 1978, he boarded a plane for Europe, never to return to the U.S.

I fully agree 100% with you. BUT on the other hand if really the judge & prosecutor MADE an agreement only to recant it afterward, they should be taken to task (if still alive) and the original agreement upheld.

The judge is dead, and no violation of the plea bargain had taken place for the simple reason that Polanski fled the country before this could happen. Apparently he and his attorneys suspected the judge and prosecutor would renege on the agreement, thus prompting Polanski's flight.

 

[Architect]

I'm glad he's been arrested, i found the whole oscar award for The Pianist (and of course his continued career as a director) pretty distasteful. I don't understand why he was granted immunity from extradition to America, conviction of sex with a 13 year old girl should be taken seriously enough to grant extradition IMHO. Being a bit before my time, does anyone know why France took him in after he fled from custody? Was it just because he is a talented film maker?

He's a French citizen and that country has a law which restricts extradition for its own citizens.

 

[Darat]

Hopefully the extradition will happen quickly and he can face the legal consequences of his crime.

 

[a_unique_person]

Thirteen is just a child.

 

[Ducky]

Where's DanishDynamite to defend Roman?

Ok seriously tho...

I say it's past due for him (Polanski) to be returned to finish facing this legal proceeding.

 

[TragicMonkey]

I wonder if he'd care to return to Poland? I saw a headline on Yahoo News that Poland just okayed forcible chemical castration for pedophiles.

 

[Eddie Dane]

I wonder if he'd care to return to Poland? I saw a headline on Yahoo News that Poland just okayed forcible chemical castration for pedophiles.

...to be injected through the left eyeball.

But seriously, I feel awkward about this.

Polanski has made some films I really love and just yesterday I looked into the Sharon Tate murder because of the death of one of the killers.
That affair is so shocking and sad, that I tend to cut Roman some slack.

I realise I'm not making a rational argument here, just describing my stupid emotional reaction to this case.

But then I think: 'A thirteen-year-old girl?!!!' WTF!
Seriously, what gets into people? That's a frakkin' child, Roman!

I don't understand. I suppose I should be happy for that.

In conclusion: he should do the time.
This kind of behaviour should be discouraged.

Question: is this the only time he's been accused of paedophilia?

 

[Darat]

Listening to a bloke who was billed as an "expert in the history of Hollywood" on the radio this morning and he made the claim that, at the time of the offence, it was apparently not out-of-the-unusual for the "Hollywood set" (!), they were teams of lawyers and PR folk that would be going around "cleaning up" after the Hollywood set, what was unusual was that a blind eye wasn't turned to it.

 

[let`s talk]

We all know that he did ****, but not rape, a 13-year old when he was 44. But the story took place more than 30 years ago. Plus the judge game, thanks to Anglo-Saxon system: case dismissed, then not dismissed.

If the US starts witch hunting, they really can`t stop.

Bobby Fischer II saga.

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[a_unique_person]

We all know that he did ****, but not rape, a 13-year old when he was 44. But the story took place more than 30 years ago. Plus the judge game, thanks to Anglo-Saxon system: case dismissed, then not dismissed.

If the US starts witch hunting, they really can`t stop.

Bobby Fischer II saga.

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Breach of Rule 10 removed; please do not attempt to avoid the autocensor.

According to the victim, it was not consensual. At 13 it is statutory rape regardless, and for good reason.

 

[LibraryLady]

He drugged her drink with quaaludes. That would be rape even if it were a victim of the age of consent.

 

[Cainkane1]

He knew the law and he should have acted accordingly.

 

[Cainkane1]

So it's OK to rape a child so long as you pay her for it and she then keeps quiet?

Thats what Michael jackson did.

 

[johnny karate]

Plus the judge game, thanks to Anglo-Saxon system: case dismissed, then not dismissed.

The case was not dismissed. Polanski fled the country before sentencing and has been a fugitive from the law ever since.

 

[ZirconBlue]

We all know that he did ****, but not rape, a 13-year old when he was 44.

"We" most certainly do not "all know" that. In fact, so far, you appear to be the only person who "knows" that.

But the story took place more than 30 years ago.

So, if you can evade the law long enough, you should just get away with your crimes?

Plus the judge game, thanks to Anglo-Saxon system: case dismissed, then not dismissed.

I have no idea what you're trying to say here.

If the US starts witch hunting, they really can`t stop.

How is this in any way a "witch hunt"?

Bobby Fischer II saga.

Um. . . what?

 

[nightwind]

Polanski

Absolutely ridiculous arresting Polanski for this after 32 years.

Good grief.

Laws in the U.S. on this are totally ludicrous anyway, and not based upon research. The woman involved has said she doesn't want him to serve time, and I doubt there was any great harm done here.

With all of the criminals running rampant, some prosecutor arrests a guy for what sounded like consensual sex, 32 years ago? Some kind of statute of limitations has to apply somehow to this. If not it should. Please, this prosecutor must be some kind of moron.

I have a very strong feeling that Polanski will be free before long, and he should be. Watch and see. Not all justice systems are as stupid as the U.S.

Geeezzzzz.

 

[paiute]

So it's OK to rape a child so long as you pay her for it and she then keeps quiet?

Works in the Bible. What do you have, higher standards than God Almighty?

 

[Darat]

Absolutely ridiculous arresting Polanski for this after 32 years.

Good grief.

Laws in the U.S. on this are totally ludicrous anyway, and not based upon research. The woman involved has said she doesn't want him to serve time, and I doubt there was any great harm done here.

With all of the criminals running rampant, some prosecutor arrests a guy for what sounded like consensual sex, 32 years ago? Some kind of statute of limitations has to apply somehow to this. If not it should. Please, this prosecutor must be some kind of moron.

I have a very strong feeling that Polanski will be free before long, and he should be. Watch and see. Not all justice systems are as stupid as the U.S.

Geeezzzzz.

Drugging someone is within your definition of consensual!?