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[themadcowtipper]

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Roman Polanski won his libel case against Vanity Fair on Friday, ending a trial in which he gave video evidence from Paris to avoid extradition to America where he is wanted for having sex with a girl aged 13.

The film director was awarded £50,000 ($87,306) in damages.

He went to court in London to sue the magazine's publishers over an article in July 2002 alleging he had tried to seduce a woman in a New York restaurant while on his way to his slain wife's funeral in August 1969.

Vanity Fair had conceded the article was inaccurate, saying the incident actually took place several weeks after Sharon Tate's murder by followers of the Charles Manson clan, but had maintained the gist of the contested passage in the article was true.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/22/polsanski.libelaction.reut/index.html

What a creep...

 

[DarienA]

The man made Ninth Gate... I can't hate on him....

 

[themadcowtipper]

The man made Ninth Gate... I can't hate on him....

I think he is a great film maker,but he still is not a very good person. He can never come back to the USA, if he does, he is in a shit load of trouble...

 

[DarienA]

I think he is a great film maker,but he still is not a very good person. He can never come back to the USA, if he does, he is in a shit load of trouble...

Old news, I think anyone who follows Polanski knows about the charges pending against him and why he'll never return here or anywhere that could get him extradited to here.

 

[themadcowtipper]

Old news, I think anyone who follows Polanski knows about the charges pending against him and why he'll never return here or anywhere that could get him extradited to here.

I know the charges is old news, I have talked about it here before,I was just using that as a point to why I think he is a creep....

 

[fennec fox]

I could understand, like, Uganda, but I can flee to France to escape charges? Damn! I'll have to write that one down!

 

[ConfusingJazz]

I could understand, like, Uganda, but I can flee to France to escape charges? Damn! I'll have to write that one down!

Don't forget to become a French citizen first, thats why he hasn't been extradited.

 

[Minotauro]

Are you saying he's a creep in general or in reference to this specific situation? If it's the latter, I'm confused. It sounds like a victory for journalistic integrity to me.

 

[Instigator]

He's messed-up man who did creepy things.

 

[CueTheMusic]

He's messed-up man who did creepy things.

yep.

link

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

I think he is a great film maker,but he still is not a very good person. He can never come back to the USA, if he does, he is in a shit load of trouble...

If I was him, I'd be finding out the number of Micheal Jackson's defence team.

 

[MrPing1000]

We're playing house.....

Roman Polanski's house.

 

[themadcowtipper]

Are you saying he's a creep in general or in reference to this specific situation? If it's the latter, I'm confused. It sounds like a victory for journalistic integrity to me.

creep in gerneral

 

[Uter]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4706619.stm

Outside court, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter said: "I find it amazing that a man who lives in France can sue a magazine that is published in America in a British courtroom.

"As a father of four children, one of whom is a 12-year-old daughter, I find it equally outrageous that this story is considered defamatory, given the fact that Mr Polanski cannot be here because he slept with a 13-year-old girl a quarter of a century ago."

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news...9160002959022&dt=20050718091600&w=RTR&coview=

Polanski was speaking from Paris to avoid the risk of extradition from Britain to the United States, where he is wanted after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

He cannot be extradited from his native France for the crime.

"I was in a state of shock," the 71-year-old said, once small technical hitches with the sound had been resolved.

"This was the worst thing ever written about me. It's absolutely not true. But I think it was particularly hurtful, because it dishonors my memory of Sharon," he added.

Apparently being referred to as a child rapist is...passe I guess. I would have thought that not raping girls would honor Sharon's memory a bit more, call me crazy.

"It's all lies," said Polanski, wearing a black suit and standing during his testimony. "That's not the way I behave. Still I had some honor. Still I have it now."

ahh yes. The "honor" of a distinguished child rapist who fled a country to avoid being justly punished for his crimes. How DARE anyone impugn this man of "honor".

 

[Ninja Scooter]

even if he was arrested and stood trial, he would most likely get off easy. Doesn't the girl he had sex with say he did nothing wrong and support him? Couldn't she just refuse to testify and the prosecution would have no case.

 

[Umpteen]

A 13 year old girl does not have to press charges for an adult lover to go to jail.

In fact, since 13 is not legally the age of consent it doesn't make a damn if she wanted/enjoyed it and got off 12 times. Her parents can press charges, and if the DA has evidence that it happened they are actually pretty much required to prosecute it regardless of what the girl says.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

A 13 year old girl does not have to press charges for an adult lover to go to jail.

In fact, since 13 is not legally the age of consent it doesn't make a damn if she wanted/enjoyed it and got off 12 times. Her parents can press charges, and if the DA has evidence that it happened they are actually pretty much required to prosecute it regardless of what the girl says.

yeah but now, 20 years later, what evidence could they possibly have other than the girl's word? I think with the right defense team, he could get off easily. He's probably too scared to take the risk though.

 

[Umpteen]

They could have any evidence they had at the time. Obviously they have something, or he wouldn't still be hiding in Francoland.

 

[Silent Death]

even if he was arrested and stood trial, he would most likely get off easy. Doesn't the girl he had sex with say he did nothing wrong and support him? Couldn't she just refuse to testify and the prosecution would have no case.

Actually she has gone on record as saying she's over it and wants the US to drop the charges.

yeah but now, 20 years later, what evidence could they possibly have other than the girl's word? I think with the right defense team, he could get off easily. He's probably too scared to take the risk though.

Lets assume that he is innocent of the entire case. Everyone knows he spent the last 20 years running from prosecution. There is a pretty good chance that a jury would convict on that alone, even if the chick showed up and said nothing happened.

 

[Deku]

Don't forget to become a French citizen first, thats why he hasn't been extradited.

Michael Jackson should have built neverland ranch in France. He'd be a hero to the French.

 

[Uter]

even if he was arrested and stood trial, he would most likely get off easy. Doesn't the girl he had sex with say he did nothing wrong and support him? Couldn't she just refuse to testify and the prosecution would have no case.

um, he was indicted by the grand jury on six counts of drugging, raping and sodomizing the girl, pled guilty in August, 1977, to one charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor but fled hours before sentencing. He was going to be sentenced in absentia, but that was post-poned.

Actually she has gone on record as saying she's over it and wants the US to drop the charges.

There are no charges to be dropped, he pled guilty. And she went on record in 1988 by filing a civil suit claiming assault, battery, false imprisonment and seduction. Polanski's lawyer filed papers denying the allegations, and her lawyers tried to get a ruling declaring him liable by default and barring his lawyer from taking part in the damage proceedings, which is only reasonable given Polanski's guilty plea and his illegal flight to another country. As her lawyers argued, he was a fugitive from justice and shouldn't be allowed to use the courts to defend himself. But the Superior court judge denied the default and the appeals court upheld it, although with dissenting opinions by the judges.

It wasn't until AFTER she failed to receive just recompense for Polanski's detestable actions that she finally decided to forgive him in 1997 for drugging her and raping her. Although she now thinks he should be pardoned, he pled guilty to a felony and should serve the sentence that the courts would give him. He in no way, shape or form deserves to be pardoned. He is a f*cking child rapist.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

um, he was indicted by the grand jury on six counts of drugging, raping and sodomizing the girl, pled guilty in August, 1977, to one charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor but fled hours before sentencing. He was going to be sentenced in absentia, but that was post-poned.

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ahh, i wasn't aware of that. I thought he fled before trial. I guess he is fucked. They should send the Dog after him.

"We ain't leavin til you come out, baby fucker!"

 

[White Man]

I find it ironic that due to his filing of this libel suit, the records from the 1977 incident have been made public, which are probably much more damaging than the Vanity Fair article.

 

[Shinobi]

If I was him, I'd be finding out the number of Micheal Jackson's defence team.

Why? Jacko's monkey could've won that trial for him.

I find it ironic that due to his filing of this libel suit, the records from the 1977 incident have been made public, which are probably much more damaging than the Vanity Fair article.

You'd think so, but Mr Pole claims he still has his "honor", so what do we know?

One of the most vile things I've seen in my life was the the standing ovation this piece of shit received at the Academy Awards a couple years ago for winning the best director Oscar (which of course he couldn't be there for). At that point in time I wanted Hollywood and everything connected to it to get carpet bombed. The fact that Scorese is still 0 for at the Oscars and has a child rapist to thank for one of 'em is just icing on the cake.

Fuck Roman Polanski.

 

[themadcowtipper]

Why? Jacko's monkey could've won that trial for him.







You'd think so, but Mr Pole claims he still has his "honor", so what do we know?

One of the most vile things I've seen in my life was the the standing ovation this piece of shit received at the Academy Awards a couple years ago for winning the best director Oscar (which of course he couldn't be there for). At that point in time I wanted Hollywood and everything connected to it to get carpet bombed. The fact that Scorese is still 0 for at the Oscars and has a child rapist to thank for one of 'em is just icing on the cake.

Fuck Roman Polanski.

I agree I was so pissed, I was younger then, and had yet to realize that Hollywood could careless what you do in your life, just how much money you can earn for them...

 

[Uter]

Polanski Branded "Dishonorable"
http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-07-22/

Roman Polanski has been slammed by Vanity Fair's lawyer Tom Shields as dishonorable for not appearing in person at his libel trial in London's High Court. The Rosemary's Baby maverick is suing publisher Conde Nast over a Vanity Fair article in which he's accused of seducing a woman on the way to the burial of his wife Sharon Tate, who was murdered by followers of Charles Manson in 1969. The magazine has since accepted the incident did not happen at the time of the funeral, but maintains it occurred about two weeks later. Shields attacked what he called "Roman's law of morality. This law knows of no rules - only violations of civilized conduct which, it appears, can be readily excused." He went on to add, "As to whether Mr. Polanski's reputation is capable of being damaged, sadly, we would say, it is beyond repair. An honorable man would come to this court, an honorable man would return to California, an honorable man would not behave the way he behaved - even in the swinging '60s." Shields challenged the jury to give Polanski, who lives in Paris, France, "the price of a cinema ticket or the price of the Eurostar train ticket that could have brought him to you. By that symbolic award, you can send a message across the (English) Channel about the moral values which decent people cherish." The 71-year-old film-maker has given evidence from France via video link to avoid extradition to America, where he's wanted for questioning on child sex charges dating back to 1977.

OWNED.

 

[Shinobi]

Let me say it again...FUCK Polanski.

 

[shuri]

The Pianist was a great movie. Also didnt the rape happen in Jack Nickelson's house?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Let me say it again...FUCK Polanski.

are you 13?

 

[Drozmight]

The Pianist was a great movie.

Yeah, that movie was pretty good.