Cokie: 'Take Polanski Out and Shoot Him'

Confessed rapist 'has never shown remorse'

(NEWSER) - The Swiss government's decision to free Roman Polanski on a technicality is bad enough; the fact that a lawyer for the filmmaker and confessed rapist called the move "a great relief after the pain suffered by Roman Polanski and his family" is "the definitive textbook example of unmitigated gall," Eugene Robinson writes for the Washington Post . "As long as he steers clear of US justice, why don't we steer clear of his movies?" More»

Gets Best Director nod for Ghost Writer

(NEWSER) - Roman Polanski may be stuck in a Swiss chalet under house arrest, but his latest film is packing movie houses and just won him a Best Director award at the Berlin International Film Festival. The Ghost Writer, a thriller starring Ian McGregor, is the story of an author who’s asked to finish writing the memoirs of a former British prime minister. Polanski did the final editing of the film under house arrest as he battles extradition proceedings by US officials seeking to haul him back to the US to face sentencing in a rape case. More»

Samantha Geimer asks court, media to leave her alone

(NEWSER) - The woman who was raped by Roman Polanski when she was 13 wants the charge against the fugitive director dropped. Polanski pleaded guilty in 1977 to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor but fled before sentencing. He's in custody in Switzerland and Samantha Geimer, who lives in Hawaii, is under seige by the media, the Los Angeles Times reports. More»

Court papers unclear on whether Samantha Geimer received money

(NEWSER) - Roman Polanski struck a deal to settle a civil lawsuit and pay his rape victim $500,000 after going on the lam, but it's not clear whether she received the entire sum. Court papers relating to the 1988 suit, which was settled in 1993, indicate that the fugitive director missed at least one deadline to pay Samantha Geimer, who was 13 when Polanski assaulted her in 1977. But as of 1996—the most recent date in the case file—he owed more than $600,000, the Los Angeles Times reports. More»

(NEWSER) - Some of Hollywood's biggest names are lining up behind Roman Polanski, but Chris Rock is not among them. On last night's Jay Leno Show, Rock ridiculed the notion of defending the fugitive filmmaker because of his art. "He made good movies 30 years ago. Even Johnnie Cochran don't have the nerve to go, 'Well, did you see OJ play against New England?'" He added, "Thirteen is thirteen." New York points out that Kirstie Alley, on Twitter, was the first celeb to blast Polanski publicly. More»