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  1. 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), [2] a 13-year-old girl: [3] 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 ...

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  3. Jul 24, 2013 · The cover is a haunting close-up shot of the teenage Geimer (then known by her maiden name, Samantha Gailey), taken on Feb. 20, 1977, less than three weeks before Polanski drugged and raped...

  4. Oct 29, 2009 · Samantha Gailey — sandy brown hair, dimpled chin, missing class at her junior high in Woodland Hills — described her alleged rape by director Roman Polanski two weeks before at Jack...

  5. May 1, 2023 · Polanski, 89, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting Geimer (née Samantha Gailey) in the 1970s when he was 43. He fled to France from the U.S. more than four decades ago after pleading guilty in...

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    • Staff Writer
  6. Jun 9, 2017 · Forty years ago, a 13-year-old girl clutched a heart charm her friend gave her as a prosecutor made her describe in explicit detail to a grand jury her alleged rape by director Roman Polanski.

    • joe.mozingo@latimes.com
    • Deputy Metro Editor
  7. Aug 17, 2017 · Most famously, Polanski pleaded guilty to statutorily raping then-13-year-old Samantha Geimer (née Samantha Gailey) in 1979, but fled the country before he was sentenced. He now lives in...

  8. Sep 22, 2013 · What happened that day made headlines around the world: Director Roman Polanski, then 43, gave Samantha Gailey a hefty helping of champagne and Quaaludes, then raped her. After pleading...