Posted on 09/29/2009 11:49:26 PM PDT by kathsua
Supporters of convicted criminal, movie director Roman Polanski believes he should be allowed to get away with skipping out on sentencing 32 years ago. He had originally been charged with giving a 13-year-old aspiring model champagne and part of a Quaalude and then raping and sodomizing her among other charges in spite of her pleas that he stop. According to the girl's grand jury testimony he photographed her topless, ostensibly for a magazine, and then had her completely disrobe before attacking her.
He managed to plea bargain the charges down to a simple unlawful sex with a minor charge. However, he fled the country when it appeared the judge might sentence him to a longer jail term than what he had agreed to in the plea bargain.
As many people know, male Hollywood producers, directors, etc. have long had a reputation for requiring woman who wanted to succeed to grant them sexual favors via the casting couch. Polanski possibly thought this tradition meant he could get away with attacking a young girl who wanted to become a model.
40-year-old men who rape 13-year-olds usually are sexual predators who have preyed on more than one girl. I wonder if there are other girls who were raped by Polanski but didn't report it because they were ashamed, considered rape part of the cost of getting in show business, felt it wouldn't do any good to charge someone so well known or were paid to forget the incident.
Polanski has avoided arrest for 32 years because France allows it criminals to return home without fear of being extradited for their crimes. French leaders apparently believe it is perfectly acceptable for French citizens to rape American girls.
French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand was quoted in French media as saying, "In the same way that there is a generous America that we like, there is also a scary America that has just shown its face." French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told France-Inter radio that he and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski asked Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that Polanski be released on bail, calling his arrest a "bit sinister."
French opposition shouldn't be too surprising considering the country's past support for accused artists.
Polanski has been flaunting the law for 32 years. It's time for him to be returned and serve out his sentence.
Ordinary citizens who have done the same have been required to return to jail. Why shouldn't big shot film makers?
Are entertainers in particular or the rich in general above the law? Are they only required to pay compensation to their victims and check into rehab when they get caught breaking the law? Do the entertainers who support Polanski believe rape of children by film directors is acceptable behavior?
It's not like Polanski questioned the charges by attempting to establish his innocence in a trial like Michael Jackson did. Jackson challenged the charges against him and the jury found him not guilty. Polanski readily admitted his guilt by agreeing to a plea bargain that implied only a minor violation of the law.
This midget wouldn’t last 60 seconds in the San Quentin general population.
I believes this is the pedophiles’ opening shot in their blitzkreig to join the homosexuals on the “protected group” with special rights list. IMHO.
To Europeans, yes.
I could not read the whole thing.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskicover1.html
Roman Polanski Plea Transcript
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0928091polanskiplea1.html
libs in general are sickening, but defending this guy is comprehensible only to a lib.
Why is it the Swiss never bothered to arrest Mark Rich?
Unfortunately, in the Hollywood wasteland, “geniuses” like Polanski are considered above the law. If he can produce great films, why should we care if he consumes a little girl? Interestingly, why do the Swiss suddenly decide to play ball? Is there a play to make nice with the U.S. here? Recent pressure to disclose the identities of confidential exp-patriot American bank accounts in a hunt for tax dodgers comes to mind. I know it’s cynical, but I don’t buy the Swiss nabbing Polanski because it’s the “right” thing to do.
flout the law
flaunt your assets
Did you happen to catch Sean Hannity yesterday? He had people who feel that this rapist should not be arrested and tried call in. It was sickening to hear their reasoning. Most of these morons felt that since the victim forgave him, the charges should be dropped. Idiots !!!!
What liberal buffoon doesn't think they're above the law?
The whole concept of the "Rule of Law" seems to have disappeared from the American consciousness. People seem to think that legal decisions are made according to class or opinion.
Maybe they have a point.
If he (Polanski) had accepted his sentence, and served his time, this would all be behind him now. It was a bad decision to rape a child, he just compounded it by running away. The victim may have forgiven him, but he has yet to pay the debt he owes society. I would like to see him behind bars.
Is Roman Polanski Above the Law?
Has been for years, but might not be any longer.
But Whoopie Goldberg says it wasn’t “rape-rape”.
Michael Medved yesterday spent an hour arguing that it was a waste of public resources to take him to trial, let alone imprison this man.
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