Old Hippie Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 You might have a better understanding of all this, but I am under the impression that he has already been tried, convicted etc, thus, the only part left is for him to be sentenced, and to have that sentence carried out. Thus, retrying the case or pleas etc will not happen? CNN just reported that "...film makers demand Polanski's release..." uh...now there is a group that has power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I think it's safe to say if he lands in the US he will be arrested as a fugitive. What is not so sure is whether there are grounds for a re-trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 You might have a better understanding of all this, but I am under the impression that he has already been tried, convicted etc, thus, the only part left is for him to be sentenced, and to have that sentence carried out. Thus, retrying the case or pleas etc will not happen? CNN just reported that "...film makers demand Polanski's release..." uh...now there is a group that has power! What have the Film Actors Guild or FAGS had to say about all this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Not everyone on Polanski's side as he fights extradition to U.S. PARIS -- Prominent French figures such as film director Luc Besson said the country's politicians, including its foreign and culture ministers, shouldn't be interfering in the American judicial system's attempt to extradite director Roman Polanski from Switzerland. "I have a 13-year-old daughter, and if she were raped I don't think that I would agree" with the French elite's position, said Besson in explaining his refusal to join the majority denouncing American "puritanism." The French and Polish foreign ministers have pressed the Swiss to free Polanski on bail, and contacted U.S. officials all the way up to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to get U.S. justice officials to drop the case. Yet on Tuesday, Poland's prime minister urged his cabinet ministers to use greater restraint in defending Polanski, reminding them that it is a "case of rape and of punishment for having sex with a child." In Zurich, lawyers for Polanski filed a motion in court Tuesday asking that the Oscar-winning director be released from Swiss custody -- the first step in his legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States for a 1977 statutory rape case. The Swiss Federal Criminal Court said "the decision will be made within the next weeks." Legal experts predicted the 76-year-old filmmaker will not be freed anytime soon from the prison in Zurich. The criminal court will decide on the legality of the American request for Polanski's apprehension, Swiss Justice Ministry spokesman Guido Balmer told The Associated Press. The Justice Ministry and Polanski could later seek to overturn any decision at Switzerland's highest court. Polanski, a dual Polish and French citizen, was arrested Saturday as he arrived in Zurich to receive an award from a film festival. Authorities in Los Angeles consider Polanski a convicted felon and fugitive, and a Swiss justice official said there has been an international arrest warrant out on him since 2005. Polanski, who directed Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby and the Oscar-winning The Pianist, had pleaded guilty to having unlawful sexual intercourse in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. He was sent to prison for 42 days, but the judge tried to renege on the plea bargain. On the day of his sentencing in 1978, aware the judge would sentence him to more prison time, Polanski fled to France. Polanski's agent, Jeff Berg, appearing Tuesday on NBC's Today show, said he did not understand why such a long-standing case was being pursued now. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office, however, said it had multiple contacts with several countries as it tried to arrest the filmmaker, including one with Israel as recently as 2007. It said those efforts included requesting arrest warrants in England, Thailand, France and Israel since 1978. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/breakingnews/not-everyone-on-polanskis-side-as-he-fights-extradition-to-us-62823022.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Life on the lam.... http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/09/30/2009-09-30_french_life_of_luxury_for_fugitive_polanski.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 I'd suggest they shouldn't grant him bail...he does have a history of running away.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Can't see the Swiss agreeing to bail. They still have the UBS list hanging over their heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Roman Polanski: What Did He Do? 13-Year-Old's Testimony Tells Story Behind Polanski's Guilty Plea to Unlawful Sexual Intercourse ... A former Los Angeles prosecutor who worked on the case said he believes that if people knew all the details, they would have less sympathy for Polanski. "It's outrageous," David Wells, a former assistant district attorney on the case, told ABCNews.com. "This pedophile raped a 13-year-old girl. It's still an outrageous offense. It's a good thing he was arrested. I wish it would have happened years before." According to Geimer's testimony, Polanski first met Geimer at her home Feb. 13, 1977. Geimer said the director asked her mother if he could photograph her for French Vogue. She said her mother agreed to a private photo shoot, which Geimer told ABC's "Good Morning America" in 2003 that she believed would help further her acting career. The director returned nearly a week later to take Geimer for the photo shoot about a block from her home. Geimer said that at the top of a hill, Polanski asked her to change shirts, which she did in front of him. Then, she said, he asked her to pose topless, which she also did, though she said she felt uncomfortable. Geimer testified that she did not tell her mother about the topless photographs because she had planned to tell Polanski, "I don't want to get any more pictures taken again." However, when Polanski turned up at her home March 10 for a second photo session, Geimer agreed to go with him. She had planned to ask him if she could bring along a friend, but said she felt he was rushing her to go. Polanski took pictures of Geimer at someone else's residence before they drove to Jack Nicholson's home. There, events took a darker turn, as Geimer said Polanski loaded her with champagne, then asked her to pose topless again. "We did photos with me drinking champagne," Geimer later told "GMA." "He was friendly and then right toward the end it got a little scary, and I realized, you know, he had some other intentions, and then I knew I was not where I should be. I just didn't quite know how to get myself out of there." Geimer said the other intentions became clear after Polanski offered her part of a Quaalude, which she took, then asked her to get into a Jacuzzi without her underwear. He took pictures of her in the Jacuzzi naked, before taking off his clothes and joining her in the water, she said. Geimer said she grew uncomfortable when he grabbed her around the waist and started to move her hips around. When she hopped out of the Jacuzzi and retreated to the bathroom, she said, Polanski followed her there and she told him she wanted to go home. "Yeah, I'll take you home soon," he said, according to her testimony. "No, I have to go home now," Geimer said she told him. Geimer testified that Polanski persuaded her to go to the bedroom and lie down. Geimer went, she said, but she sat on the couch in the bedroom. She described Polanski sitting next to her and reaching over to kiss her. Geimer said she told him, "No, keep away" and "Come on, let's go home." He ignored her, she testified, then "went down and he started performing cuddliness (sic)." When the district attorney asked Geimer what "cuddliness" meant, she clarified, "he placed his mouth on my vagina." "I was ready to cry," she said. "I was going, 'No. Come on. Stop it.'" Instead, a few minutes later, Geimer said, Polanski began having intercourse with her, while asking her if she was on the pill and when her last period was. She testified that he then asked, "Would you like me to go in through your back?" Then, he started performing anal sex on her. At one point, Geimer said, there was a knock on the door. The Los Angeles Times reported that the woman was actress Anjelica Huston, Nicholson's girlfriend at the time, but Geimer testified that she did not know who the woman was who was in the house. According to Geimer, the woman who knocked on the door said, "Roman, are you in there?" Polanski went to the door and opened it a crack to speak to the woman. Meanwhile, Geimer testified, she put her underwear back on and started toward the door. When asked why she didn't say anything to the woman, Geimer said, "I was still pretty much afraid of him [Polanski]." She added that he was her only way home. Geimer testified that Polanski closed the door before she could reach it, took off her panties and began intercourse again. When he finally let up, she said, she went to the bathroom and put on her dress again. On her way outside to the car to wait for Polanski, she said, she again saw the woman in the house, spoke with her, but didn't tell her what had just happened. Geimer said she began to cry in the car, and Polanski got in about 10 minutes later and drove her home. "All hell broke loose" when her mom found out, Geimer told "GMA." "My sister overheard me telling my then-boyfriend what happened on the phone after I got home. So she went in and told my mom," Geimer said in 2003. Polanski was arrested the next day. He claimed that the sex was consensual. Geimer said it was not and that she resisted. ... Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Hang him by his balls. HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 How is what he did any different from Gary Glitter or any of the rest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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