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  1. Hollywood Celebrities who signed the Polanski Petition. Roman Polanski is a Polish filmmaker who has been a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system, since 1978, after pledging guilty to statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl. He fled the country to France before he could be properly sentenced.

  2. Aug 18, 2022 · When Hollywood stars tried to free Roman Polanski with a 2009 petition. Thomas Leatham @leafcine. Thu 18 August 2022 7:00, UK. Back in 2009, Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland after a request from the United States authorities to do so. However, a year later, the Swiss government and police rejected the US’ request and released ...

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  4. Sep 29, 2009 · September 29, 2009 11:08 am. AFP is reporting that a grand assembly of filmmakers, actors and producers from around the world have signed a petition urging the release of director Roman Polanski ...

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  5. I would consider the culture of normalised sexual misconduct in Hollywood a much bigger factor in forgiving Polanski than idolisation of his work. Obviously I have no way of knowing that but looking at some of the names that signed the petition (Weinstein, Allen, Ratner), there’s definitely a trend.

  6. Oct 2, 2009 · Oct 02, 200912:35 PM. A petition has been circulated on behalf of Roman Polanski — henceforth, to my mind, “RoPo” — and signed by A-list movie directors (Pedro Almodovar, Wes Anderson ...

  7. Sep 29, 2009 · Tue 29 Sep 2009 10.24 EDT. Woody Allen, David Lynch and Martin Scorsese today added their names to a petition demanding the immediate release of Roman Polanski from detention in Zurich. The ...

  8. Feb 24, 2022 · Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in September 2009 at the request of US authorities, and a petition demanding his release was signed by over 100 people in the film business. (Polanski was imprisoned for two months before being placed under house arrest; in July 2010, Swiss authorities rejected the US’s extradition request and released ...

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