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Roman Polanski Arrested in Switzerland

post #1 of 11
9/27/09 at 7:49am
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8277176.stm

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Film director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody on a 31-year-old US arrest warrant, organisers of the Zurich Film Festival have said.

The organisers say Polanski, 76, was detained by police on Saturday as he travelled to Switzerland from France to collect a lifetime achievement award.

Police in Zurich could not immediately confirm the information.

The organisers of the Zurich Film Festival said Polanski's detention had caused "shock and dismay," but that they would go ahead with a planned retrospective of the director's work on Sunday.


i hope he doesnt go to jail
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post #2 of 11
9/27/09 at 11:20am
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Originally Posted by croscatt View Post
i hope he doesnt go to jail

I disagree. Drugging a 13-year-old girl for the purpose of having sex with her is a crime far more serious than the "punishment" Polanski has already experienced. I don't doubt that he's a considerably talented director, but that talent should not obfuscate the gravity of his crime.
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post #3 of 11
9/27/09 at 11:27am
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Originally Posted by Vintage Gent View Post
I disagree. Drugging a 13-year-old girl for the purpose of having sex with her is a crime far more serious than the "punishment" Polanski has already experienced.

Wot? Poor bastard had to live in France for the last 30 years.

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post #4 of 11
9/27/09 at 12:22pm
hhhmmmm...reminds me that i downloaded Repulsion and haven't watched it yet.
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post #5 of 11
9/27/09 at 1:26pm
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Originally Posted by Vintage Gent View Post
I disagree. Drugging a 13-year-old girl for the purpose of having sex with her is a crime far more serious than the "punishment" Polanski has already experienced. I don't doubt that he's a considerably talented director, but that talent should not obfuscate the gravity of his crime.

As I pointed out in the CE thread, Polanski did serve time in the psych ward at Chino as part of his plea. The idea that he went totally unpunished is popular but wrong.
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post #6 of 11
9/27/09 at 1:52pm
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Originally Posted by unpainted huffheinz View Post
As I pointed out in the CE thread, Polanski did serve time in the psych ward at Chino as part of his plea. The idea that he went totally unpunished is popular but wrong.

For how long? I think sending pedophiles to therapy is about as effective as sending gheys to christian-run hetero conversion schools.
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post #7 of 11
9/27/09 at 2:02pm
sorry to hear that deliciosrstr
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post #8 of 11
9/27/09 at 2:14pm
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For how long? I think sending pedophiles to therapy is about as effective as sending gheys to christian-run hetero conversion schools.

Uh oh. We had a long, fruitless discussion about the misuse of this term in another Polanski thread a long time back.
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post #9 of 11
9/27/09 at 5:09pm
Samantha Geimer was Roman Polanski's victim when she was 13 years old. Geimer took part in a photo shoot for "Vogue" magazine with the Oscar winning director, and he slept with her after giving her champagne and a sedative tablet.



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post #10 of 11
9/27/09 at 10:09pm
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Originally Posted by mr monty View Post
Samantha Geimer was Roman Polanski's victim when she was 13 years old. Geimer took part in a photo shoot for "Vogue" magazine with the Oscar winning director, and he slept with her after giving her champagne and a sedative tablet.





At the same time, there was an undisclosed financial settlement between Samantha Geimer and Roman Polanski sooooo no MJ for yuo!
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post #11 of 11
9/29/09 at 6:59pm
Sucks to be him
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