Some things you have wrong.
He was indicted for rape, and pled out to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor... which is commonly known as statutory rape.
Her Grand Jury Testimony is on the Smoking Gun. She says she told him "no" at least a dozen times.. you can count the times she says "no" yourself.
What ever happened to "no means no"?
She was 13 at the time, she could not legally consent.
This was rape, pure and simple.
The balls of that man, the bloody nerve, not Polanski but Woody Allen to sign that partition in favor of Polanski.
Sort of like Ted Bundy writing a plea to the court for leniency for Jeffery Domar.
Now I am of the mind that a female of any age has the right to say NO. If they are 85 years old in a coma that does not give anyone the right to have sex with them because the old lady never resisted in any way.
If a female is drunk, drugged, in a coma, is scared to death to resist, she cannot give consent and that is rape-rape.
A 45 year old man who is world famous gets the mothers consent to film her 13 year old daughter at the home of a major Hollywood star. Somehow mother does not accompany her daughter feeling she is good hands. I mean really what could happen to her daughter being in the company of people known world wide. This could mean a big break for her child ,who knows, the sky is the limit.
Daughter comes home and tells about being drugged, plied with Champagne and having sex with the old fart.
Mom heads out for the police as fast as she can and puts in a complaint.
Now I heard Woopie ask " Where was the mother.?" Like it was the mothers fault, she should go to jail but leave the rapist alone, not his fault the mother was not there.
