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Polanski Victim: 'I'm Over It'

Mom of three is sick and tired of sordid case

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 28, 2009 5:15 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The woman Roman Polanski had sex with when she was 13 never wants to hear about the case again. "I have survived, indeed prevailed, against whatever harm Mr. Polanski may have caused me as a child," Samantha Geimer, 45, said early this year after filing court papers to have the case thrown out. "I got over it a long time ago."

The 45-year-old mother of three, who works as a bookkeeper in Hawaii, wants to stop reliving details of the sordid encounter every time Polanski is back in the headlines, reports the New York Daily News. "True as they may be, the continued publication of those details causes harm to me, my beloved husband, my three children, and my mother," she said. Polanski plied Geimer with champagne and a Quaalude before having sex with her during a photo shoot at Jack Nicholson's house 31 years ago.

Documentary Subject Samantha Geimer arrives at the premiere of the HBO Documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired in New York, on Tuesday, May 6, 2008.
Documentary Subject Samantha Geimer arrives at the premiere of the HBO Documentary "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" in New York, on Tuesday, May 6, 2008.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Director Marina Zenovich and documentary subject Samantha Geimer arrive at the premiere of the HBO Documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired in New York last year.
Director Marina Zenovich and documentary subject Samantha Geimer arrive at the premiere of the HBO Documentary "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" in New York last year.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Documentary Subject Samantha Geimer arrives at the premiere of the HBO Documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired in New York last year.
Documentary Subject Samantha Geimer arrives at the premiere of the HBO Documentary "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" in New York last year.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
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jagerhans
Sep 29, 2009 12:15 PM CDT
come on i meant that only the press was to blame for the fact that the quiet work of justice was emphasized by the media who put the spot lights on the victim striving for privacy.
cognitivefilter
Sep 29, 2009 3:35 AM CDT
rise above.
exley
Sep 28, 2009 4:57 AM CDT
@Maryz The judge is not a party to nor bound to a deal cut between a DA and a perp - the judge is free to go a different route right up to the point the sentence leaves his/her lips. Get off your high horse and don't let clear rational thought be clouded by your utter devotion to mr. polanski's 'artistic greatness'....

 
crime • France • Switzerland • sex • Roman Polanski • 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' • Samantha Geimer • statutory rape

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