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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.
Feb 21, 2018 · Although the Spanish director signed the 2009 petition supporting convicted child rapist Roman Polanski, Almodovar’s been scathing when it comes to criticising Hollywood’s institutional sexism.
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 ...
- Peter Knegt
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 ...
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Roman Polanski. 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 ...
- August 1977
Feb 21, 2018 · Back in 2009, film industry luminaries signed a petition to release Roman Polanski from a Swiss prison — and now one star is regretting it. The filmmaker had been detained over a 1977 underage ...
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 ...
