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NEWS ABOUT: Samantha Geimer

Samantha Geimer stories: 11 news summaries

 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

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

 Whoopi Calls 
 Polanski Case 
 'Not Rape-Rape,' 
 Triggers Uproar 

Hollywood supporters facing off against angry feminists over sex with teen

Sep 30, 09 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Whoopi Goldberg's comment that Roman Polanski's sex with a 13-year-old girl wasn't really "rape-rape" has added fuel to the growing conflagration between the film director's Hollywood supporters and angry feminists. "I know it wasn't rape-rape. I think it was something else, but I don't believe it was rape-rape,... More »

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crime • France • Los Angeles • rape • district attorney • feminists • Roman Polanski • child rape • Samantha Geimer • anal sex

OPINION

 Oh, Poor Polanski, Child Rapist 

He pleaded guilty and fled. How can anyone rationalize that?

Sep 28, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kate Harding would like to remind everyone crowing about the injustice of arresting a 76-year-old man who’s put in 31 years of exile that Roman Polanski is a fugitive and, coincidentally, a child rapist. The director “gave a 13-year-old girl a Quaalude and champagne,” according to her... More »

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California • fugitive • guilty plea • extradition • film director • Roman Polanski • movies • Huffington Post • child rape • Samantha Geimer • criminal prosecution

OPINION

 LA DA 
 Shouldn't 
 Waste Time 
 on Polanski 

Los Angeles has more pressing problems; tragic director has been punished enough

Sep 28, 09 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Whether you side for or against Roman Polanski, one has to wonder why the state of California is “stalking an aging, 76-year-old man who has admitted his guilt and was long ago forgiven by his victim,” writes Patrick Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times. California’s legislature is... More »

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entertainment • celebrity trials • celebrity • Roman Polanski • child rape • Samantha Geimer • statutory rape

 Polanski Victim: 'I'm Over It' 

Mom of three is sick and tired of sordid case

Sep 28, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Swiss Nab 
 Polanski on 
 31-Year-Old 
 US Warrant 


Fugitive director, in town for lifetime award, arrested on 1978 statutory rape charge

Sep 27, 09 5:50 AM CDT
(AP) - Director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody by Swiss police on a 31-year-old US arrest warrant for statutory rape, organizers of the Zurich Film Festival said today. The 76-year-old director of Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby, slated to receive an award for his lifetime of work, had recently... More »

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fugitive • Chinatown • Roman Polanski • Samantha Geimer • statutory rape • arrest warrant

Judge Rejects Polanski's Bid to Ax Sex Charge

Fugitive director must appear to close case
on sex with 13-year-old

Feb 18, 09 2:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A judge has cited Roman Polanski’s fugitive status as reason for rejecting the film director’s request to toss a 31-year-old child sex charge, E! Online reports. The judge conceded that a recent documentary on Polanski seems to demonstrate misconduct by prosecutors in the 1978 proceedings, but said the... More »

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fugitive • film director • Roman Polanski • 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' • Samantha Geimer

Polanski Sex Victim Seeks to Dismiss Case

Victim slams DA for putting 31-year-old case back in spotlight

Jan 13, 09 7:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The woman film director Roman Polanski pleaded guilty to having sex with when she was 13 has filed court papers to have the charges dismissed, CNN reports. Samantha Geimer, now 45, made a declaration in connection with Polanski's efforts to have the case dismissed and end his 31-year exile in... More »

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child molestation • fugitive • film director • Roman Polanski • Samantha Geimer

 Polanski Sex Victim 'So Over It' 

Girl he drugged and raped, now 45, would like to see fugitive's case resolved

May 8, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fugitive director Roman Polanski would be a free man in the US if it were up to the woman he drugged and had sex with when she was 13 years old. "He took advantage of me," Samantha Geimer, now 45 and mother of three told the Daily News.... More »

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fugitive • Roman Polanski • 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' • Samantha Geimer

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