[EdnaMode]

The Academy waited way too long.

[MUDDOG]

take legal action if Polanski is not granted a hearing.

Anytime. Come back to LA for it.

[ClearCase_guy]

Whoopi will put in a good word for him. After all, it wasn’t rape-rape.

[Lurker]

“threatening to take legal action if Polanski is not granted a hearing.”

Perfect. Grant him the hearing he wants. In California. The US Marshall Service can be waiting at the airport to give him a proper welcome.

L

[maggief]

“The academy’s board of governors, which includes such industry heavyweights as Tom Hanks, Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg, voted last week to expel the Oscar-winning filmmaker,”

Spielberg? Oh, the irony...

[Enlightened1]

Marianne Barnard, who says she was sexually abused by Polanski when she was just 10-years-old, told Sun Online she believed the Academy - which runs the Oscars - had been “complicit” in his crimes.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6207883/roman-polanski-child-victim-welcomes-move-to-expel-shamed-movie-director-from-oscars-academy-but-says-it-should-have-happened-decades-ago/

[Telepathic Intruder]

He can convert to Islam and act as though it’s perfectly normal to rape a 13 year old.

[Poison Pill]

threatening to take legal action if Polanski is not granted a hearing.

If he sued, I would think discovery would have to take place in California, which would mean returning to the US.

[jmaroneps37]

Oh please do! That would be so much fun to watch! Imagine what discovery would turn up!!

[HamiltonJay]

Yea, you rape a 13 year old, and what? 40 years later you expel him???

Hollywood is a festering rot... its the anus of america.

[M Kehoe]

If he sues, I hope be shows up in person (w/council of course).

Baliff!

5.56mm

[Jmouse007]

That said, his film “The Pianist” is magnificent and his film rendition of Oliver is also outstanding. Too bad the guy is such a schmuck.

[Borges]

Polanski turns 85 today.