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NEWS ABOUT: Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski stories: 36 news summaries

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BLOG POWER

 Emma 
 Thompson 
 Drops Support  
 of Polanski 

Web petitioners change actress' mind about case

Nov 5, 09 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Who says a blog can’t change anything? Not the folks at Shakesville , who assembled a petition opposing actress Emma Thompson’s decision to sign a petition of her own opposing Roman Polanksi’s arrest. Somehow, one member of the community finagled a meeting with Thompson, presented the document…and... More »

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Internet • rape • blog • arrest • blogger • Roman Polanski • Emma Thompson • petition

gore vidal

 Anti-Semitism Got Polanski 

Gore Vidal is less than PC while discussing Roman Polanski

Oct 29, 09 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gore Vidal isn't afraid to say what he really thinks about the Roman Polanski fiasco. "I really don’t give a fuck. Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she’s been taken advantage of?" he tells the Atlantic... More »

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entertainment • celebrity trials • rape • celebrity • sex crime • Roman Polanski • anti-Semitism • Gore Vidal

 Polanski Victim 
 Wants Case 
 Dropped 

Samantha Geimer asks court, media to leave her alone

Oct 26, 09 5:35 PM CDT
(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... More »

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California • Switzerland • rape • fugitive • Hawaii • film director • Roman Polanski • sexual assault • child rape • Samantha Geimer • statutory rape

 US Moves 
 to Extradite 
 Polanski 

Embassy in Switzerland formally requests director's return

Oct 23, 09 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American embassy in Switzerland formally requested the extradition of Roman Polanski last night, paving the way for the convicted director to face an American court for the first time since 1977. A tribunal in Zurich will now hold a hearing, although Polanski may appeal to the country's high court... More »

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Switzerland • Zurich • extradition • Roman Polanski

 Polanski May Take 
 His Chances in US 

'Not in perfect health,' director will likely not appeal Swiss house arrest decision

Oct 21, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Roman Polanski, denied bail or house arrest in Switzerland, may try his luck in the United States after 31 years. “If this process drags on, it is not completely impossible that Roman Polanski could choose to go finally to explain himself in the United States where the arguments in... More »

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entertainment • prison • Switzerland • conviction • jail • extradition • Roman Polanski • child rape

 Swiss Tipped 
 US to Polanski Trip 

Move gave LA prosecutors time to whip up arrest warrant

Oct 20, 09 8:53 PM CDT
(AP) - Swiss authorities set in motion the arrest of fugitive director Roman Polanski in his decades-old child sex case as he traveled to the country last month, emails obtained by the AP show. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice alerted US law enforcement Sept. 22 that Polanski, 76, was due in... More »

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crime • Switzerland • Los Angeles • extradition • Roman Polanski • child rape • arrest warrant



 Polanski 
 Loses Bid 
 for Bail 

Court rules director must remain behind bars

Oct 20, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Roman Polanski will remain in a Swiss jail while authorities decide whether to extradite him to the US in his 31-year-old statutory rape case, a Swiss court ruled today. The court ruled against releasing the director on bail or under house arrest because he posed a high flight risk. Polanski,... More »

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Switzerland • appeal • extradition • Roman Polanski • flight risk • Swiss Justice Ministry

poetic justice

 The Last Word in 
 Roman Polanski 
 Commentary 

Calvin Trillin: 'He only raped one little girl'

Oct 15, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The debate raging over Roman Polanski—hairsplitting over the definitions of guilt, genius, and rape, among other pertinent terms—has been missing one thing: verse. Veteran journalist and author Calvin Trillin dons his poet hat to take up the slack, devastatingly. His latest contribution to the Nation's "Deadline Poet"... More »

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crime • rape • fugitive • poetry • film director • Roman Polanski • Calvin Trillin • statutory rape

Polanski Finishing Film Behind Bars

Filmmaker puts final touches on The Ghost  as he fights extradition

Oct 14, 09 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Director Roman Polanski is finishing up what could be his last film from his Swiss prison cell, according to a friend. The filmmaker finished editing The Ghost, which stars Pierce Brosnan as a British prime minister accused of war crimes, the day he was arrested. Polanski, who faces extradition to... More »

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Switzerland • extradition • film director • Roman Polanski

Neutral Swiss Becoming
US Lapdogs, Critics Charge

'Active neutrality' policy questioned after Polanski, UBS decisions

Oct 13, 09 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some Swiss politicians are griping that the country's prized neutrality appears to be sliding as the government adopts a more accommodating stance toward US authorities. The government agreed in August to turn over the names of thousands of suspected American tax dodgers banking with UBS, and Roman Polanski was busted... More »

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diplomacy • Switzerland • UBS • tax evasion • Roman Polanski

 Imprisoned Polanski 
 'Depressed': Lawyer 

Fugitive director vows not to flee if he makes bail

Oct 11, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A stint in a Zurich prison has left Roman Polanski "depressed" and "dejected," and the longtime fugitive will promise to stay in Switzerland should he be granted bail, his lawyer says. Polanski, who fled the US in 1977 after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl, "... More »

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entertainment • film • prison • Switzerland • Los Angeles • Zurich • film director • Roman Polanski • movies • statutory rape

OPINION

Once-Great Politico Sinks Into Sensationalism

Polanski piece shows site's 'clicks are king' mentality

Oct 9, 09 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - For a while there, Politico seemed to be the best new media journalism had to offer—hard-nosed investigations with a smart, web-centric approach. But lately, it’s been falling prey to the anything-for-a-click mentality you’d normally associate with the Drudge Report or Huffington Post, writes Andrew Sargus Klein. A... More »

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Barack Obama • media • journalism • Roman Polanski • DNC • Politico

French Minister Slammed Over Sex Tourism

Mitterand defended Polanski, admitted 'paying for boys' in book

Oct 8, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterand's own past has come back to haunt him in the wake of his calls for Roman Polanski's release. Opposition lawmakers have brought attention to passages in his autobiography where he defends sex tourism and admits paying for young—and, he implies, underage—boys. "I... More »

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France • underage sex • Roman Polanski • sex tourism • Frederic Mitterand

OPINION

 The Worst 
 Date Movies 


Oct 7, 09 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Film can stimulate romance like few other artistic mediums—but some films turn that power on its head. Nerve lists the worst date movies ever made; here are 10:
  • Dead Ringers. David Cronenburg's hallucinatory flick in which Jeremy Irons portrays identical twin gynecologists who create new gyno tools for
... More »

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film • rape • date • romance • Audition • Roman Polanski • David Cronenberg

 Swiss Shoot Down 
 Polanski's Freedom Bid 

Says director would likely flee

Oct 6, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(AP) - The Swiss Justice Ministry has rejected an appeal from Roman Polanski to be released from prison pending his possible extradition to the United States. The government believes there is a high risk that Polanski might flee if released from custody, a military spokesman tells the AP. The appeal is separate... More »

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Switzerland • fugitive • extradition • Roman Polanski • statutory rape • flight risk • Swiss Justice Ministry

 Cokie: 'Take 
 Polanski 
 Out and 
 Shoot Him' 

He 'drugged and raped a child,' says journalist

Oct 5, 09 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - It wasn't hard to figure out yesterday where journalist Cokie Roberts stands on the Roman Polanski case. "As far as I'm concerned, just take him out and shoot him," she declared on ABC's This Week. "Roman Polanski is a criminal. He raped and drugged and sodomized a... More »

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ABC • rape • Roman Polanski • 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' • child rape • Cokie Roberts

Polanski Made Deal to Pay Rape Victim $500K

Court papers unclear on whether Samantha Geimer received money

Oct 2, 09 5:53 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Switzerland • rape • lawsuit • fugitive • film director • assault • civil lawsuits • Roman Polanski • child rape • Samantha Geimer

Polanski Rape Happened at Nicholson's Pad

And other things you didn't know about the fugitive director

Oct 2, 09 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Think you know everything about Roman Polanski? You’re probably wrong. AskMen.com compiles a list of surprising tidbits about the headline-grabbing statutory rapist:
  • It happened at Jack Nicholson’s house: Somehow lost in the hubbub was the fact that the crime took place at Nicholson’s
... More »

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Poland • Holocaust • Miss Universe • Auschwitz • Jack Nicholson • Roman Polanski • Samantha Geimer • statutory rape • Krakow

watch it


 Chris Rock 
 Ridicules 
 Polanski 


Oct 2, 09 11:43 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Hollywood • rape • fugitive • Jay Leno • Chris Rock • Roman Polanski • Kirstie Alley • child rape • The Jay Leno Show

France, Poland Backtrack
on Polanski Support

Calls for director's release dropped as public backlash grows

Oct 1, 09 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The governments of France and Poland are beginning to distance themselves from Roman Polanski amid a public backlash against earlier support for the film director, who holds passports from both countries. In France—where the foreign minister called for Polanski's release earlier this week—a government spokesman said yesterday that... More »

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Poland • France • extradition • Roman Polanski • child rape

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