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On March 10, 1977, 43-year-old film director Roman Polanski was arrested and charged in Los Angeles with six offenses against Samantha Gailey (now Geimer), a 13-year-old girl: unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, rape by use of drugs, perversion, sodomy, a lewd and lascivious act upon a child under the age of 14, and furnishing a ...
Jul 18, 2022 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — The case involving Roman Polanski, who fled the United States after he forced himself on a 13-year-old girl during a photo shoot, has spanned 45 years, sparking court battles on both sides of the Atlantic.
May 1, 2023 · Samantha Geimer, the woman Roman Polanski was convicted of having sex with when she was 13, has released a provocative cover for her new memoir, “The Girl: A Life in the Shadow of Roman...
- nardine.saad@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Jul 24, 2013 · After nearly 35 years of silence, the 13-year-old girl Roman Polanski raped in 1977 is finally telling her full story in The Girl: A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski.
Nov 1, 2023 · Roman Polanski has officially denied a woman’s accusation that the director sexually assaulted her at his home in 1973 after plying her with tequila both there and at a restaurant while knowing...
- Tom Tapp
Jul 18, 2022 · LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a promise and imprison Roman Polanski for having sex with a teenage girl in 1977, a former prosecutor testified,...
Jul 19, 2022 · A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would jail film director Roman Polanski for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in 1977, a former prosecutor has testified. Key points: Roman Polanski pled guilty to abusing the girl but fled before he could be sentenced, never returning to the US.