Mia really picks
winners, doesn't she? Roman,
Woody -- what a pair!
Posted on 07/19/2005 11:05:37 AM PDT by SmithL
LONDON -- Mia Farrow has defended film director Roman Polanski in his libel trial, denying a claim by Vanity Fair magazine that he tried to seduce a woman days after his wife's brutal murder.
Polanski is suing Conde Nast, the magazine's publisher, over a 2002 article that said he seduced a woman at a New York City restaurant while on his way to the funeral of his wife, Sharon Tate. Tate, who was pregnant, was killed by followers of serial killer Charles Manson in Los Angeles in August 1969.
Farrow, 60, starred in Polanski's 1968 film, "Rosemary's Baby." She testified in London's High Court Tuesday that she met Polanski at Elaine's restaurant about two weeks after Tate's death.
"He started telling me about events in California, what he had gone through, and he got very, very upset," said a soft-spoken Farrow. "We had ordered our dinner, but we just left the restaurant. He was that upset, and I, too."
Farrow, who wore a black pantsuit and pale yellow shirt, told the court that as she and Polanski walked the streets of Manhattan, he told her about "visiting the house ... a little kitten that Sharon had and the kitten was still there in the blood."
The Vanity Fair article alleged that Polanski went to Elaine's and sat next to a woman, "inundating her with his Polish charm."
According to the article, Polanski put his hand on the woman's thigh and promised her: "I will make another Sharon Tate out of you."
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
After Frank Sinatra married Mia Farrow in Las Vegas. Ava Gardner had a famous comment on the union: "Hah! I always knew Frank would end up in bed with a little boy!"
The description of Sharon Tate's murder in "Helter Skelter" was one of the most disturbing thing I have ever read. Polanski would have to be a monster if this story is true. I give it 50-50.
Mia really picks
winners, doesn't she? Roman,
Woody -- what a pair!
Two weeks...oh all is OK. He waited two whole weeks - great guy.
Polanski has credibility problems BIG TIME. He's a child rapist. Then he ran with his tail between his legs out of the country to avoid prosecution charges. On a bio of Sharon Tate, the biographer indicated that Tate was unhappy with Polanski because he was such a womanizer let alone his preference for young girls.
I cannot believe that they are letting him testify from France so he won't be extradited back to the US to stand trial.
I hope the prosecution asks Farrow if Polanski promised her a part in a film if she testified on his behalf.
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